GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1205
The
issue with this site in particular is that we're not even luring in any
younger people (in noticeable numbers) anymore. A good majority of
people visiting GameFAQs for the first time are coming off Google
through a search result and bypassing the homepage completely. They
don't even see the polls or even the contest. They're probably also the
same people that generally aren't signing up for an account and the
ones who do sign up generally don't stay around for very long before
leaving the site. This specific group of people probably would include a
lot of younger people, though. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
yeah i had FFIX winning two rounds but it was a coin flip --- Not changing this sig until the Bengals, Bills, Lions and Colt McCoy win the Super Bowl (10/10/10) ~User of the Year 2015~ |
KH is closing in, but..... USA - KH has 53% UK - FFIX has 76% France - FFIX has 78% Germany - FFIX has 81% It's still very early in Europe, there's very few votes in, but watch those numbers closely over the next couple of hours. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Allen
needs to find a way to make the poll display on multiple pages.
GameFAQs is the #5 video game website on the Internet but the polls
aren't reflecting it since there really isn't much reason to visit the
front page for the average user. --- http://img.imgcake.com/whatisurnameplz/kermitgifre.gif Oh yea, I guess raytan won. |
Updated Top 10 Top 10 Biggest Blowouts 1. Chrono Trigger 85.85% vs. Ratchet & Clank: UYA 14.15% - Round 1 71.70% 2. Super Mario Bros. 3 84.17% vs. Age of Empires II 15.83% - Round 1 68.34% 3. Final Fantasy VII 84.07% vs. Journey 15.93% - Round 1 68.14% 4. Super Mario 64 80.04% vs. Mario Kart 8 19.96% - Round 1 60.08% 5. Super Smash Bros. Wii U 79.05% vs. Planescape: Torment 20.95% - Round 1 58.10% 6. SMT: Persona 4 77.80% vs. 9 Hours, 9 Persona, 9 Doors 22.20% - Round 1 55.60% 7. Final Fantasy VI 77.03% vs. Assassins Creed II 22.97% - Round 1 54.06% 8. Pokemon GSC 76.63% vs. The World Ends With You 23.37% - Round 1 53.26% 9. Super Mario World 73.27% vs. Animal Crossing: NL 26.73% - Round 1 46.54% 10. LoZ: Wind Waker 72.60% vs. Pokemon XY 27.40% - Round 1 45.20% Top 10 Largest Vote Gaps 1. Chrono Trigger 33415 vs. Ratchet & Clank: UYA 5506 Round 1 27909 2. Super Mario Bros. 3 32381 vs. Age of Empires II 6091 Round 1 26289 3. Final Fantasy VII 31574 vs. Journey 5985 Round 1 25589 4. Super Mario World 40067 vs. Animal Crossing: NL 14616 Round 1 25451 5. Fallout 3 37861 vs. Life is Strange 14324 Round 1 23537 6. Super Mario 64 31065 vs. Mario Kart 8 Round 1 23320 7. Super Smash Bros. Wii U 29287 vs. Planescape: Torment 7761 Round 1 21526 8. SMT: Persona 4 27682 vs. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors 7897 Round 1 19785 9. Final Fantasy VI 27268 vs. Assassins Creed II 8132 Round 1 19136 10. Pokemon GSC 27233 vs. The World Ends With You 8307 Round 1 18926 Top 10 Closest Matches 1. Mass Effect 50.83% vs. Super Mario Galaxy 2 49.17% - Round 1 1.66% 2. Undertale 50.95% vs. Mass Effect 3- 49.05% - Round 1 1.90% 3. Paper Mario: TTYD 51.87% vs. Tales of Symphonia 48.13% - Round 1 3.74% 4. Sonic 2 53.17% vs. Portal 2 46.83% - Round 1 6.34% 5. Star Wars: KotOR 53.65% vs. Xenogears 46.35% - Round 1 8.37% 6. Dragon Quest VIII 54.72% vs. SMT: Persona 3 45.28% - Round 1 9.44% 7. GoldenEye 007 55.93% vs. Diablo II 44.07% - Round 1 11.86% 8. Halo 56.72% vs. Minecraft 43.28% - Round 1 13.44% 9. Final Fantasy Tactics 57.58% vs. Resident Evil 2 42.42% - Round 1 15.16% 10. Kingdom Hearts II 58.71% vs. Metal Gear Solid 4 41.29% - Round 1 17.42% --- BGE3: Today's Matches LoZ:OoT>Hearthstone, Suikoden II>MH4U, Okami>Warcraft III, FFIX>KH Points 27/32 |
red sox 777 posted... KH is closing in, but..... What are the relative vote totals from those countries typically? --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Top 10 Smallest Vote Gaps 1. Mass Effect 19172 vs. Super Mario Galaxy 18547 Round 1 625 2. Undertale 28218 vs. Mass Effect 3 27162 Round 1 1056 3. Paper Mario: TTYD 18093 vs. Tales of Symphonia 16786 Round 1 1307 4. Sonic 2 20259 vs. Portal 2 17840 Round 1 2419 5. Star Wars: KotOR 18373 vs. Xenogears 15872 Round 1 2501 6. Dragon Quest VIII 20459 vs. SMT: Persona 3 16930 Round 1 3529 7. Halo 20814 vs. Minecraft 15885 Round 1 4939 8. GoldenEye 007 23922 vs. Diablo II 18851 Round 1 5071 9. Final Fantasy Tactics 21878 vs. Resident Evil 2 16117 Round 1 5761 10. Kingdom Hearts II 20766 vs. Metal Gear Solid 4 14603 Round 1 6163 Top 10 Least Popular Polls 1. Star Wars: KotOR vs. Xenogears Round 1 34245 2. The Last of Us vs. Halo 3 Round 1 34855 3. Paper Mario: TTYD vs. Tales of Symphonia Round 1 34879 4. Kingdom Hearts II vs. Metal Gear Solid 4 Round 1 35369 5. Final Fantasy VI vs. Assassins Creed II Round 1 35400 6. LoZ: Wind Waker vs. Pokemon XY Round 1 35426 7. Pokemon GSC vs. The World Ends With You Round 1 35540 8. SMT: Persona 4 vs. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors Round 1 35579 9. Uncharted 2 vs. The Walking Dead Round 1 35938 10. Super Smash Bros. Melee vs. Portal Round 1 36176 Top 10 Highest Individual Votes 1. Super Mario World Round 1 40067 2. Fallout 3 Round 1 37861 3. Chrono Trigger Round 1 33415 4. Super Mario Bros. 3 Round 1 32381 5. Final Fantasy VIII Round 1 32008 6. Final Fantasy VII Round 1 31574 7. Super Mario 64 Round 1 31065 8. TESV: Skyrim Round 1 29439 9. Super Smash Bros. Wii U Round 1 29287 10. Undertale Round 1 28218 Top 10 Lowest Individual Votes 1. Ratchet & Clank: UYA Round 1 5506 2. Journey Round 1 5985 3. Age of Empires II Round 1 6091 4. Mario Kart 8 Round 1 7745 5. Planescape: Torment Round 1 7761 6. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors Round 1 7897 7. Assassins Creed II Round 1 8132 8. The World Ends With You Round 1 8307 9. Pokemon XY Round 1 9705 10. Skies of Arcadia Round 1 10584 Top 10 Least Impressive Winners 1. Paper Mario: TTYD Round 1 18093 2. Star Wars: KotOR Round 1 18373 3. Mass Effect Round 1 19172 4. Sonic 2 Round 1 20259 5. Dragon Quest VIII Round 1 20459 6. Kingdom Hearts II Round 1 20766 7. Halo Round 1 20814 8. Final Fantasy Tactics Round 1 21878 9. Mega Man X Round 1 23392 10. The Last of Us Round 1 23528 --- BGE3: Today's Matches LoZ:OoT>Hearthstone, Suikoden II>MH4U, Okami>Warcraft III, FFIX>KH Points 27/32 |
Didn't Allen try something to that effect last time? I thought there was a link to the poll on other pages. --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
-LusterSoldier- posted... The issue with this site in particular is that we're not even luring in any younger people (in noticeable numbers) anymore. A good majority of people visiting GameFAQs for the first time are coming off Google through a search result and bypassing the homepage completely. They don't even see the polls or even the contest. They're probably also the same people that generally aren't signing up for an account and the ones who do sign up generally don't stay around for very long before leaving the site. This specific group of people probably would include a lot of younger people, though. This really reminds me why I bothered to stick around this website. Signed up when I was 13, Characters 2010 took place when I was like 14 and I was just amazed "Wow f*** YEAH 'Zard beating Bowser?!" Since that match I followed the entire contest, GotD, next year rivals. |
Top 10 Most Impressive Losers 1. Mass Effect 3 Round 1 27162 2. GTA: Vice City Round 1 20745 3. Diablo II Round 1 18851 4. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Round 1 18547 5. Portal 2 Round 1 17840 6. SMT: Persona 3 Round 1 16930 7. Tales of Symphonia Round 1 16786 8. Resident Evil 2 Round 1 16117 9. TESIII: Morrowind Round 1 15964 10. Minecraft Round 1 15885 Top 10 Most Predictable Matches 1. Final Fantasy VII vs. Journey Round 1 94.02% 2. Fallout 3 vs. Life is Strange Round 1 92.72% 3. Chrono Trigger vs. Ratchet & Clank: UYA Round 1 92.68% 4. SMT: Persona 4 vs. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors Round 1 92.48% 5. Super Mario Bros. 3 vs. Age of Empires II Round 1 91.22% 6. Super Mario World vs. Animal Crossing: NL Round 1 90.18% 7. Pokemon GSC vs. The World Ends With You Round 1 90.07% 8. TESV: Skyrim vs. Phoenix Wright: AA Round 1 90.05% 9. Super Smash Bros. Wii U vs. Planescape: Torment Round 1 88.48% 10. Super Mario 64 vs. Mario Kart 8 Round 1 86.53% Top 10 Least Predictable Matches 1. Undertale vs. Mass Effect 3 Round 1 23.38% 2. Halo vs. Minecraft Round 1 38.88% 3. Sonic 2 vs. Portal 2 Round 1 40.39% 4. Final Fantasy VIII vs. GTA: Vice City Round 1 43.86% 5. Dragon Quest VIII vs. SMT: Persona 3 Round 1 45.85% 6. Mega Man X vs. Batman: Arkham City Round 1 50.66% 7. Mass Effect vs. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Round 1 51.44% 8. Final Fantasy Tactics vs. Resident Evil 2 Round 1 52.98% 9. Paper Mario: TTYD vs. Tales of Symphonia Round 1 53.36% 10. Kingdom Hearts II vs. Metal Gear Solid 4 Round 1 56.91% --- BGE3: Today's Matches LoZ:OoT>Hearthstone, Suikoden II>MH4U, Okami>Warcraft III, FFIX>KH Points 27/32 |
LordoftheMorons posted... What are the relative vote totals from those countries typically? Sadly, we can't access those numbers anymore, from what I can tell. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Lead change! SUBMIT --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
KH actually winning in the night? Match is over, gg FFIX --- http://img.imgcake.com/whatisurnameplz/kermitgifre.gif Oh yea, I guess raytan won. |
IIRC,
something like 70% of the votes come from North America, 20% from
Europe and 10% from everywhere else. I don't think we've ever gotten a
breakdown of how many votes come from different countries inside Europe.
During the Power Hour I think the percentage of votes from Europe is
under 10%, but it spikes to around 60% in the 4-6 AM dead zone when
North America is asleep. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
whatisurnameplz posted... Allen needs to find a way to make the poll display on multiple pages. GameFAQs is the #5 video game website on the Internet but the polls aren't reflecting it since there really isn't much reason to visit the front page for the average user. The poll is displayed on the main boards page, as seen on this archived page: http://web.archive.org/web/20151028172755/http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards However, the poll is located below the "Board Information" area and is less visible on the main boards page compared to the homepage. Displaying the poll on the main boards page did absolutely nothing to boost vote totals. This basically confirms the vote total issue is caused by a significant drop in people seeing the polls since most new visitors are bypassing both of those pages by coming off Google. When the vote totals used to be very high, most people who came to GameFAQs for the first time would arrive on the homepage instead. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
I am quite surprised at the number of people online in Hearthstone reddit right now When I checked a few days ago they had less than 1k online, now it's 4.5k Maybe I checked during US time, or maybe the new adventure helped a bit But it doesn't matter, it's still 4/5 times smaller than LoL reddit, and it took Draven the perfect timing(LoL championship on the same day), Shepard dragging down Link, and a GameFAQs downtime to just barely beat Link Even if the rally thread gets 100% upvotes and stay at the top page for the whole match it won't do s*** --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
red sox 777 posted... IIRC, something like 70% of the votes come from North America, 20% from Europe and 10% from everywhere else. I don't think we've ever gotten a breakdown of how many votes come from different countries inside Europe. During the Power Hour I think the percentage of votes from Europe is under 10%, but it spikes to around 60% in the 4-6 AM dead zone when North America is asleep. IIRC it was in the high 60s% but yeah somewhere around that votes come from NA. |
red sox 777 posted... IIRC, something like 70% of the votes come from North America, 20% from Europe and 10% from everywhere else. I don't think we've ever gotten a breakdown of how many votes come from different countries inside Europe. During the Power Hour I think the percentage of votes from Europe is under 10%, but it spikes to around 60% in the 4-6 AM dead zone when North America is asleep. I have trend charts for all 3 continent polls that I have tracked: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LREvfZei7T4PRTBo66vnYTkV2D0hxVRwarwaH2NLi2M/pub --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
Regardless of rallies, the future doesn't scare me at all --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png LongLiveraytan |
I'm sort of hoping OoT gets more votes than some individual matches --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
red sox 777 posted... KH is closing in, but..... Yeah those UK votes are very small. When you break it down by region they are all nice even numbers like 100/0, 50/50, 75/25, 66.7/33.3, 87.5/12.5, 80/20. Which suggests votals of like 1-10 per region. I'd say 1-8 but that 80/20 is probably 10 votes rather than 5 given that it's London. (edited 11/12/2015 10:38:39 PM)report |
pjbasis posted... Regardless of rallies, the future doesn't scare me at all Your uncle works at Nintendo nothing should scare you --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
Wow one vote swings for the past 3 updates --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
I
would love to see what would happen if Allen could put the polls on
every page. I know he can't because of ads and whatnot, but it would be
amazing. We could have a normal character battle and Link vs. Draven
would be a much-looked-forward-to heavyweight showdown, instead of just
counter-rallies. Or we could leave Draven out and see who would win in Link vs. Cloud, with votals soaring past 200K. --- Raytan7585 is better than me at redditFAQs |
Keeping it up over 90% is so hard that even a update like 23 votes for Hearthstone is pretty "whoa!" and makes OoT lose 0.09% And yet it might reach 91% Pretty scary --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
Yesterday's charts: Time | Mario 64 | MK8 | Votes | Demographic EBV | 81.36% | 18.64% | 660 | (0:00-0:05) PHV | 80.84% | 19.16% | 4025 | (0:00-1:00) FNV | 79.12% | 20.88% | 8028 | (1:00-6:00) BSV | 80.84% | 19.16% | 5136 | (6:00-9:00) DSV | 80.75% | 19.25% | 9758 | (9:00-14:30) ASV | 79.19% | 20.81% | 10001 | (14:30-22:00) SNV | 80.93% | 19.07% | 1862 | (22:00-24:00) Another Mario game that gets an appreciable bump from the ASV into the SNV. Getting that patented "Mario clutch" ready in case they need it, eh? Time | FFT | RE2 | Votes | Demographic EBV | 56.34% | 43.66% | 639 | (0:00-0:05) PHV | 58.64% | 41.36% | 3907 | (0:00-1:00) FNV | 56.83% | 43.17% | 7925 | (1:00-6:00) BSV | 56.38% | 43.62% | 5050 | (6:00-9:00) DSV | 56.52% | 43.48% | 9547 | (9:00-14:30) ASV | 58.88% | 41.12% | 9733 | (14:30-22:00) SNV | 60.50% | 39.50% | 1833 | (22:00-24:00) Another sign FF's night vote isn't as potent or its day vote as dreadful as it used to be. RE actually holds to its usual trends of being good at night and terrible during the day, even against FF. Time | Zelda TP | Skies | Votes | Demographic EBV | 73.09% | 26.91% | 654 | (0:00-0:05) PHV | 72.47% | 27.53% | 3974 | (0:00-1:00) FNV | 69.91% | 30.09% | 7940 | (1:00-6:00) BSV | 73.02% | 26.98% | 5067 | (6:00-9:00) DSV | 73.56% | 26.44% | 9622 | (9:00-14:30) ASV | 72.71% | 27.29% | 9827 | (14:30-22:00) SNV | 72.36% | 27.64% | 1838 | (22:00-24:00) Zelda remarkably consistent outside of the night vote, the only time it fell under 70%. TP managed to stay at Power Hour levels the entire match. Perhaps a sign that it doesn't have as strong of a Power Hour as most Nintendo games? Time | Persona 4 | 999 | Votes | Demographic EBV | 75.00% | 25.00% | 616 | (0:00-0:05) PHV | 76.92% | 23.08% | 3717 | (0:00-1:00) FNV | 77.89% | 22.11% | 7490 | (1:00-6:00) BSV | 77.95% | 22.05% | 4757 | (6:00-9:00) DSV | 78.33% | 21.67% | 8843 | (9:00-14:30) ASV | 77.40% | 22.60% | 9092 | (14:30-22:00) SNV | 78.39% | 21.61% | 1680 | (22:00-24:00) The board vote was P4's worst time, but I suppose it makes sense at the same time because B8 has a disproportionate number of people who even know what 999 is. also LOL 22.2% for 999 Also worth noting is that we're back to the ASV getting more votes than the DSV, albeit barely. That had not been the case in the first few days. That has been the case post-Undertale rally. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif (edited 11/12/2015 10:46:02 PM)report |
Hearthstone is so low that 20 vote updates cut into Ocarina's % lmao |
Nanis23 posted... I am quite surprised at the number of people online in Hearthstone reddit right now And Draven still won and you still being salty about it. LOL. --- Yankees.Giants.Knicks.Rangers | 24, Banshee, Homeland, House of Cards, Game of Thrones, Suits, The Walking Dead |
KH
marched right up and took the lead with no resistance, but FFIX has
been stubborn about letting it actually go anywhere since. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
Naved007 posted... Nanis23 posted...I am quite surprised at the number of people online in Hearthstone reddit right now I'm not salt im buttsaltied --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
Darkness favors FFIX. Now, the light....we shall see! --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Aww yeah 5 vote cut keep giving me false hope FFIX --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Two straight identical updates for OOT/Hearthstone. That's pretty cool. --- Raytan7585 is better than me at redditFAQs |
You know what they say about Kingdom Hearts --- Board 8's Voice of Reason http://i.imgur.com/chXIw06.jpg |
The largest lead thus far is 95 votes The lead has been within 25 votes for the last 45 minutes. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Final Fantasy IX by the hour: 1:00 | 50.55% 2:00 | 48.91% Great 2nd hour for KH, I still think FFIX has this, but we'll see. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
8 vote cut Pretty substantial compared to most recent updates! --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
red sox 777 posted... Final Fantasy IX by the hour: I wish I shared your optimism! (Or pessimism if you have KH) --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
I wonder if the people that play Hearthstone play it like I play Pokemon Shuffle I no longer enjoy it but I play it daily because it became a routine Open up the game, do Meowth farming, play the event if there is one, close the game Same goes for Hearthstone daily quests I guess --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
So if trends continue when Europe wakes up KH is going to get slapped around, I see. (we'll see) --- Hello, I'm Chris! https://media.giphy.com/media/2ZtIpjwFFjLHLNREpCU/giphy.gif |
Nanis23 posted... I wonder if the people that play Hearthstone play it like I play Pokemon Shuffle Yeah, I think all online games are that way. I'm that way with League of Legends. I would probably vote for just about any game in the bracket against League. |
Kingdom Hearts up to 53.76% in the U.S. FFIX has 56.64% in Canada though. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
single digit update for Hearthstone |
So much talk for Smash-boosted Cloud to beat Link, Oot's dominance here actually puts the silly argument to rest. --- Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of man. |
-Zelmor- posted... So much talk for Smash-boosted Cloud to beat Link, Oot's dominance here actually puts the silly argument to rest. Cloud boosting Link confirmed! --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |