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Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1201
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UltimaterializerX posted... f*** Diablo 3. f*** you. --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses (edited 11/10/2015 12:07:12 PM)report |
Being
honest how does Diablo III ruin the brand name anyway? Diablo II is
still a heavily hyped PC game that still has an active online community
15 years after its release. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
So how much of Undertale's votes are really anti-votes for ME3? --- Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole! Ole! (Accents and inverted !-marks missing) On a bet with three other users on if a certain girl genie will be in Smash; I say no. |
_Dog posted... So how much of Undertale's votes are really anti-votes for ME3? Most of them. --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
_Dog posted... So how much of Undertale's votes are really anti-votes for ME3? Less than 5%, if you think otherwise you are delusional. Anti-voting isn't something a lot of people do. Undertale is currently one of the most popular games around. If this contest was on tumblr, 4chan or reddit, much larger sites than GameFAQs, Undertale would have CRUSHED Mass Effect here. GameFAQs's old-school console gamer prevalence is why it doesn't happen. |
ME3 was good despite the ending why are the neds so butthurt --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
In fairness the game was probably so hyped that it generated a lot of backlash. But then again the same never happened to something like Brawl or Twilight Princess. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
Takfloyd_mkII__ posted... _Dog posted...So how much of Undertale's votes are really anti-votes for ME3? I don't think you understand the significance of anti-votes. There are certain characters, games, and series that are hated in this website. --- Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole! Ole! (Accents and inverted !-marks missing) On a bet with three other users on if a certain girl genie will be in Smash; I say no. |
_Dog posted... So how much of Undertale's votes are really anti-votes for ME3? I really don't think there's that many. If we look at every other Indie preformance it'll tell us all we need to know. Life is Strange and Journey couldn't break 20, yet Undertale is consistently in the mid 30s? I don't think ME3 is so hated that it makes up for nearly half of Undertale's votes. --- Tangy's Quest to beat the Final Fantasies: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIII |
I'll actually say that Undertale is doing quite well, Mass Effect 3 is my bracket pick though. --- Warning, the self-destruct system has been activated, all personnel should evacuate immediately, 5 minutes to detonation. |
Well, today isn't exactly interesting. My KH>FFIX pick looks better each day. --- My old signature was really outdated. I haven't thought of a proper new one yet. |
_Dog posted... I don't think you understand the significance of anti-votes. There are certain characters, games, and series that are hated in this website. You're saying that to someone who has been on this website 10 years longer than you have. I know all about how this stuff works. You don't. Anti-voting as a significant phenomenon is a concept people like you invent to explain what you perceive as impossible results, when in fact it is your ignorance that makes it seem impossible. Anti-voting isn't a significant factor in reality. |
Takfloyd_mkII__ posted... _Dog posted...I don't think you understand the significance of anti-votes. There are certain characters, games, and series that are hated in this website. I've been here as long as you have if not longer. Take a look at something like the Master Chief vs. Felix match back in 2003. Felix ended getting much higher stats than Isaac did. The fact that MC could only nail 53% of the vote speaks something, and that is one match where I believe anti-votes were a significant factor, as Xbox received a lot of hate at the time. Anti-votes CAN explain an anomaly, and you haven't discredited the concept. --- Ole, ole, ole, ole. Ole! Ole! (Accents and inverted !-marks missing) On a bet with three other users on if a certain girl genie will be in Smash; I say no. (edited 11/10/2015 12:47:16 PM)report |
I always anti-vote RBY. --- Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords. With what? ROT-13? -CJayC |
I always anti-vote Zelda games. --- Why do we exist?What happens when we stop existing? |
Takfloyd_mkII__ posted... _Dog posted...I don't think you understand the significance of anti-votes. There are certain characters, games, and series that are hated in this website. ROFL Check my account. Anti voting happens all the time. Check Pokémon or master chief or halo in early contests. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
I always anti-vote FFVIII It's a thing --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
I always anti-vote open world games without good plots --- Anime List: http://myanimelist.net/profile/superange VG List: http://myvideogamelist.com/profile/superange128 Visual Novels: https://vndb.org/u6633/votes (edited 11/10/2015 1:05:14 PM)report |
_Dog posted... I've been here as long as you have if not longer. Take a look at something like the Master Chief vs. Felix match back in 2003. Felix ended getting much higher stats than Isaac did. The fact that MC could only nail 53% of the vote speaks something, and that is one match where I believe anti-votes were a significant factor, as Xbox received a lot of hate at the time. If you've been here that long you should be wiser than trying to pretentiously act like a know-it-all. You come off like a tryhard teenager that way. Now let's dial back for a moment and I'll go through it for you. Anti-voting exists but it's almost never a real factor. In some extreme cases it is, like during the whole Draven debacle. But you need to look at whether it's actually a match people care passionately about. Undertale vs Mass Effect isn't that kind of situation. Master Chief gets anti-votes because he represents Xbox on a site dominated by Nintendo and Sony, but there's no console wars or equivalent factors at play here. THOUSANDS of people aren't going to vote for a game they don't like or know about just because ME3 had a bad ending! This is a people thing. You need to understand how people work in reality, not in the cartoonish way that people on gaming forums often think of eachother, where every dumb fanboy assumes that someone who likes the competitor's game must hate them and all they stand for. There are people like that but they are the minority. I said 5% of Undertale's votes might be anti-votes and that's a very generous estimate. |
Regarding
the Undertale sales discussion from last topic, it has done far more
than 250k. It has sold 300k on Steam alone, and is also available on the
humble website and its own website. These are actually better options
for buying the game than Steam, since there's no DRM, unless you really
want those cloud saves. So basically, Undertale has sold quite a bit in
its month and a half on the market, who knows how many copies overall
though. Also, yes, Undertale is legit here and would steamroll Life is Strange. It was always going to be decent since it got that 6 seed. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
I always anti-vote my own anti-votes. Is it possible for Fallout 3 to SFF ME3? Just wondering if we're even going to get a good read on Undertale. --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy IX - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3729662 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
Antivotes
is mostly just a way of defining part of a games inherent strength.
Don't think Life Is Strange would be above 30% against ME3 today. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
And yeah, fallout 3 probably scores quite a bit of SFF next round anyway --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Undertale
> Life is Strange. I don't see why ME3 would get anti-voted if
Undertale didn't have at least some form of popularity. --- http://img.imgcake.com/whatisurnameplz/kermitgifre.gif Oh yea, I guess raytan won. |
Takfloyd_mkII__ posted... _Dog posted...I've been here as long as you have if not longer. Take a look at something like the Master Chief vs. Felix match back in 2003. Felix ended getting much higher stats than Isaac did. The fact that MC could only nail 53% of the vote speaks something, and that is one match where I believe anti-votes were a significant factor, as Xbox received a lot of hate at the time. Coming from the guy pulling the account age card this is hysterical. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
If you weren't around on the ME3 hype train then no you won't understand why me3 would get a ton of antivotes. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
Yeah,
in March 2012. As it is ME3 is fine, the hatred died down after they
released the extended cut and the rest of the DLC. Yes, there are people
who are still mad, but not too many. I'm not even super fond of the
game and I recognise that it got a lot better after it was released. --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
lol denying anti-votes are a thing. Learn yer contest history new kid. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Anti-votes
in general are not anywhere as severe as they used to be, especially
for games. GameFAQs has more or less grown up, we don't have the energy
to irrationally hate things as much anymore. I think if there's one game in the bracket that would get a decent amount of anti-votes, it would be ME3, but I seriously doubt it's accounting for very many votes here at all. The real truth is just that, even among people who didn't go nuts over the ending, ME3 just wasn't as well-received as 1 or 2. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Nanis23 posted... I always anti-vote FFVIII ....what --- 19/20 pts - GameFAQs' 20th Anniversary Best. Game. Ever. Contest! NP: Fallout 3/Mass Effect 3/Final Fantasy VIII/Super Mario World |
Takfkyod posted... If you've been here that long you should be wiser than trying to pretentiously act like a know-it-all. You come off like a tryhard teenager that way. Now let's dial back for a moment and I'll go through it for you. I mean --- satoru iwata (edited 11/10/2015 1:52:58 PM)report |
Exactly.
Some people here are still stuck in the mindset of an edgy teenager,
and even back when that was GameFAQs main demographic, anti-voting
wasn't anywhere near as prevalent as some people on this board would
have you believe. The people who come here(Board 8) are way more invested in the contest than 95% of the voters. You see a lot of people anti-voting on this board, but that isn't representative of the larger population at all. Again, anti-voting as a major influencer was always just base assumptions coming from people who couldn't rationalize why something was more or less popular than they expected. (edited 11/10/2015 1:54:57 PM)report |
Also, it's a bit too late for this sort of thing, but Undertale just cut 200 votes off the lead in the last 4 updates. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Anti-votes
are less prevalent in a Games Contest, since people care way more about
games than they do about characters, and are much more likely to have a
stronger opinion on the opposition. This is as opposed to a character
contest, where someone who doesn't know/care about Cloud's opponent
would vote for him anyway over someone he does know, because he hates
that person (Cloud) so much. Even if someone hates FFVII, there's a much
better chance with games that the person knows/cares about the
opponent, and would thus be voting for them anyway. --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. Congrats to CBIX Guru Winner *Raytan*! |
Not surprised at all that Undertale is gaining. Kids love it. ...At least that's what I assume from its popularity on Tumblr and Youtube! --- Something something something ^Poorly disguised anti-caps sig |
KamikazePotato posted... Also, it's a bit too late for this sort of thing, but Undertale just cut 200 votes off the lead in the last 4 updates. I was wondering how it was gaining percentage so quickly! (if you couldn't tell I'm not even bothering with detailed results today) |
Where were these 'double your current votes' updates during a match that actually could have had a comeback --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. (edited 11/10/2015 2:14:21 PM)report |
I was poking around in the legalese just now, and I noticed this portion: If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of CBSI which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, CBSI reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. In such event, CBSI further reserves the right to award a prize to the eligible participant with the next highest score in accordance with these Official Rules. So, it sounds like in the event of another LSD situation where the site goes down, Bacon does have the right to rerun the match/provide extra time/etc. Have no clue if this was in the rules for 2013 or not though. --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. Congrats to CBIX Guru Winner *Raytan*! |
If Undertale pulls a Draven it could conceivably get this under 5000. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
Undertale would have to cut 110 votes an update to win, it'll be interesting to see how it does though. --- BGE3: Today's Matches FO3>LiS, ME3>Undertale, FFVIII>GTA:VC, SMW>AC:NL Points 17/20 |
Man...where was this magic the rest of the match? --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
This
seems like the kind of game Smurf would stuff for. Does anyone remember
what the district was in the UK that was the smoking gun for Cirno? I
think it was the West Midlands. --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. Congrats to CBIX Guru Winner *Raytan*! |
So is this a YouTube person, Reddit, 4chan? --- BGE3: Today's Matches FO3>LiS, ME3>Undertale, FFVIII>GTA:VC, SMW>AC:NL Points 17/20 |
I checked every rally avenue I could think of, and nothing seems to be blowing up. No idea where this is coming from. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Nanis23 posted... ME3 was good despite the ending why are the neds so butthurt I recently beat ME3. It is actually an outstanding game, the most polished ME game easily but Some of the story elements i didn't like. 2 is still my favourite. Those loyalty missions are some of the best things i've played in any video games ever. |
Time for Geolocation then! Does anyone know a quick formula to figure out what the minimum number of votes from a territory is? But seriously, this is pretty awesome for my Oracle. I think I had to have had one of the lowest ones. --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. Congrats to CBIX Guru Winner *Raytan*! |
Lightning Strikes posted... Yeah, in March 2012. As it is ME3 is fine, the hatred died down after they released the extended cut and the rest of the DLC. Yes, there are people who are still mad, but not too many. I'm not even super fond of the game and I recognise that it got a lot better after it was released. Imagine if they had released that stuff when the game came out. |
This is definitely rallying, but I haven't managed to find it yet. Sadly, it's too late to do anything. --- My old signature was really outdated. I haven't thought of a proper new one yet. |
