GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1224
KamikazePotato posted... And before we get too deep into the ALL NEW GAMES ARE OVERRATED rabbit hole, remember that Final Fantasy VI got this same result against Paper Mario 2. Something is up here. That puts Final Fantasy VI at slightly stronger than Majora's Mask, which puts it a little bit above FFX. If you think Majora's Mask and Wind Waker could possibly share the same fanbase, then that puts more and more distance between FFVI and FFX. FFVI got 62% on MMX (in a 4 way with Link's Awakening). FFX got 55.5%. Quick Leon, assuming nothing fishy happened in any of those matches, compare FFVI vs. FFX through MMX, and through Paper Mario 2 GotD --- http://i.imgur.com/M1heX2g.jpg RIP Paul Bearer. Ohhhh nooooo. :( |
UltimaterializerX posted... The best part of this is Nick outright asking people to stick around on GameFAQs. It's not just HEY VOTE CT AND NOTHING ELSE, the guy really wants the site to grow. Can't hate on that at all. Nope rallies are always bad --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
WarThaNemesis2 posted... LeonhartFour posted...WarThaNemesis2 posted...If Mario World beats Chrono Trigger only to face OoT in the finals, then FFIV might end up as the strongest FF game in the Stats. Youre delusional. --- http://k09.kn3.net/1256263BF.gif |
Yuri_LowelI posted... WarThaNemesis2 posted...LeonhartFour posted...WarThaNemesis2 posted...If Mario World beats Chrono Trigger only to face OoT in the finals, then FFIV might end up as the strongest FF game in the Stats. No, it's called 'making a joke'. --- http://i.imgur.com/M1heX2g.jpg RIP Paul Bearer. Ohhhh nooooo. :( |
CT scores its best update of the match. e: second-best darn you random 10 minute update hyper increase --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. (edited 11/28/2015 10:32:32 PM)report |
hey Melee why aren't you dying --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
It's already under 60% what more do you vultures want (it's being rallied on r/smashbros because of course it is) --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Karma Hunter posted... It's already under 60% what more do you vultures want Based on that ladt update, the rally will push Trigger to 70% woo. --- http://i.imgur.com/M1heX2g.jpg RIP Paul Bearer. Ohhhh nooooo. :( |
That rally isn't doing anything at the moment. It only has a couple upvotes. --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
I think I know why CT is doing so well look at the match pic Magus is already defeated and can't use his powers to hold it back --- "Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." |
The
rally is gonna have to work its way through a ton of Dreamhack threads,
I don't think it will be as strong as last time (and it's doing nearly
nothing right now). |
ok,
I just purchased Chrono Trigger and will play it later this month. I
feel left out not playing a game with this much hype/fanfare. --- Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest. |
Upvotes
are not really a good way to evaluate rally strength. There's 1720
users active atm (which is comparatively very big for a video game
reddit rally potentially) and any of them who are looking at New threads
are gonna see it. And of course people are gonna vote without bothering
to upvote. Of course, the effect will be magnified when the upvotes increase and if/when the rally makes it onto the front page. --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Which is all really a fancy way to lead up to, "SSBM gets its best update in an hour" --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
guffguy89 posted... ok, I just purchased Chrono Trigger and will play it later this month. I feel left out not playing a game with this much hype/fanfare. Chrono Trigger is a top 5 game in this contest good call --- satoru iwata |
LordoftheMorons posted... When's the last non-rallied match where a Guru favorite ended up being doubled? This wasn't quite a doubling but: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5193-character-battle-ix-division-6-round-1-groose-vs-lu-bu-vs --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
groooooooooooooooooooooooooooose --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Why are people rallying Melee in a match it's cruising in...again?? Anyway I still can't get over this Chrono Trigger number. Lots here seem to be assuming FFX dropped. I dunno about that. I think Melee is getting slaughtered next round almost as bad as FFX is. Man, I hope so bad that SMW pulls it off against Undertale. I don't want Undertale to ruin EVERYTHING. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Holy
hell @ CT. I don't think anybody expected this much of a beat down. In
fact, I'm genuinely shocked that FFX was the Guru favourite here --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy -trancer1 lol xstats |
creativename posted... I don't want Undertale to ruin EVERYTHING. Have you played it? --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
These rallies are the practice runs for Melee's final mission to b --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
we have a back up in case Mario World can't do it http://www.platypuscomix.net/interactive2/goldcartadbig.JPG --- satoru iwata |
Not
sure if it's been answered already, but what kind of fun things can we
extrapolate if we set FFX to a constant value from past years? --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy -trancer1 lol xstats |
UltimaterializerX posted... creativename posted...I don't want Undertale to ruin EVERYTHING. No, but I'm not even talking about Undertale. I'm talking about the multiple matches/day issue. Its going to ruin absolutely everything because of that. Really, the ideal format would be 4 matches/day first round, 2 second round, then 1 daily after long. Wish the contest had started earlier so that would have been possible. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
ZFS posted... we have a back up in case Mario World can't do it I didn't pre-order the game in time to get the gold cartridge. I remember I was sooo mad. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Multiple matches is the best shakeup these contests have ever had though. Let's be honest here. Board 8 is really good at these things. But picking which game will get rallied and how it affects three other matches is impossible. This has been a good thing. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
BlAcK TuRtLe posted... Not sure if it's been answered already, but what kind of fun things can we extrapolate if we set FFX to a constant value from past years? Chrono Trigger beats 2004 FFVII, for one! Also, using Game of the Decade stats this result is actually fairly consistent with what CT did the first two rounds. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Chrono Trigger is so impressive, I'd bet it would beat FFVII 55-45. --- Video Games are pretty cool. |
See this power? Bring it, FFVII! --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
creativename posted... ZFS posted...we have a back up in case Mario World can't do it Oh man! Even the box was shiny, shiny cardboard! It was the best. --- satoru iwata |
UltimaterializerX posted... Multiple matches is the best shakeup these contests have ever had though. You have people corrupting matches they literally didn't even come here to vote on. This site's democratically chosen winner can lose because of people who don't even give a crap about that match. Rally voters are like foreign citizens who vote in your elections then return to their country. But at least if they vote on the match they care on, they can be happy. Them deciding matches they didn't come here for is horrid. Multiple matches a day is good and I support it for the first two rounds. But not past round 2, and definitely not past round 3. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Hey,
if we really want to increase contest unpredictability, obviously the
most important factor in any contest, let's add a new vote button!
Instead of voting for their favorites, the new MYSTERY VOTE BUTTON
(TM) allocates a vote to a random game in each of the matches. You can
only use it once per match, supplanting your actual ability to vote -
but by spending 100 karma, you can use the MYSTERY VOTE BUTTON (tm) an additional time that day! hire me allen --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Heck, lower the cost to 1 karma a spin, why not --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
so does luster collect karma on every one of his hundreds of alts --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
red sox 777 posted... See this power? Bring it, FFVII! When I saw this result, my first thought was "Red must be so happy" lol :) You mentioned the possibility of CT making the Finals earlier this contest. I don't know how serious you were, but now that's looking pretty possible. (If Tumblr doesn't screw it up) And while I still can't see it, if OoT's weakness is legit CT can win. Possibly even without a bandwagon!! Really hoping CT destroys Melee next round (I was gonna say "smashes Melee" but...yeah). CT's first two rounds may have totally predictive. Who'da thunk it! This result is the first true stunner of the contest to me. I've been surprised, but until now not stunned. I mean I picked CT with 57% in the Oracle, but this, wow. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
UltimaterializerX posted... Multiple matches is the best shakeup these contests have ever had though. So far, it's injecting a shakeup in the location that needed it the least. RBY vs SMB3 getting changed to a 60-40 wasn't more interesting. CT vs FF7 looks like it would have been interesting, but Undertale is wrecking that match as well. As for matches the are more interesting due Undertale rally spillover, the count is currently still expected to be zero. It didn't make anything more interesting in Round 1 or 2. I doubt it helps Sonic or Skyrim/MP keep it close since it should favor the expected winners. I've already mentioned FF7 vs CT. I guess I can't say for certain until it happens but I expect it will take a close match and make it one sided similar to SMB3 vs RBY. One or the other winning cleanly would have been a much better result. CT winning clearly before FF7 getting bailed out by Undertale would be absolutely terrible. I like multiple matches a day are nice since we get to have a 128 entry bracket and 24 hour matches. However, rally spillover has so far done nothing but harm the contest. --- No amount of rallying would let me beat raytan7585. Congrats to raytan7585 for winning the CB9 Guru Contest! |
AxemRedRanger posted... so does luster collect karma on every one of his hundreds of alts I don't see why not if it injects a bit more unpredictability into the contest --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Team Rocket Elite posted... UltimaterializerX posted...Multiple matches is the best shakeup these contests have ever had though. You're assuming Undertale even gets that far. Beating Mario World will take a small miracle, and then you're asking it to pull votes against Pokemon from TUMBLR. Come on bro. And who even knows what they vote for if it gets that far? --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
(also the real unpredictable part of the MYSTERY VOTE BUTTON (tm) is --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
When you put it like that, it no longer sounds all that mysterious! --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Hire me Allen --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Karma Hunter posted... (also the real unpredictable part of the MYSTERY VOTE BUTTON (tm) is I support this button --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Just checked the result this is what I have to say : HOLY MOTHER OF CHRONO TRIGGER WHAT THE f*** Why did I took FFX over it and Melee winning next round? so stupid As for Undertale talks, if I learned anything from Draven, is that it seems no matter what opponent it is facing, it will still get the majority of the votes Did Draven backfire rate ever change between the matches? did Undertale backfire rate change between ME3 and Fallout 3? --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
chrono trigger es numero uno --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Even
though I know Melee has no chance now, let's see if CT can repeat this
magic against an actual Nintendo game. That's the hump for Square thus
far. And SSBM is a real elite, which is *checks* why KH2 just cut it with a 52% update, right. --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
UltimaterializerX posted... Team Rocket Elite posted...UltimaterializerX posted...Multiple matches is the best shakeup these contests have ever had though. Are we really going to be doing that "maybe Undertale can lose this time!" thing every round this contest? The ship has sailed trying to stop it and suggesting the SMW has a chance let alone being the heavy favourite to win is ridiculous. In any case, rally spillover is already a net negative since we lost RBY vs SMB3. So even if GameFAQs went down for the last 8 hours of the match and SMW wins, it's still in the negative. Although, thankfully that means the damage can't get worse. Whether they support FF7 or CT doesn't really matter. It screws up the result either way. A clean match where CT wins or dies trying would be much better. --- No amount of rallying would let me beat raytan7585. Congrats to raytan7585 for winning the CB9 Guru Contest! |
For
what it's worth I think RBY has a nonzero chance of stopping Undertale.
I don't expect the backfire rate to be especially large, but it'll be
bigger than anything it's faced thus far. And I expect the Pokemaniacs
to pull out every stop to save the closest thing to a #2 consensus game
B8 has. ...CT being #1, naturally. e: By nonzero I mean 'less than 0.1%' so don't think I give it a snowball's chance or anything --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. (edited 11/28/2015 11:39:36 PM)report |
I'm
made comments in the past about how funny it would be if RBY made it to
and beat Undertale by leeching off the Undertale rally, but there is no
way I am getting anywhere near that train. Watching it crash while on
it would just be too heartbreaking for me. Also, it would probably mean
RBY got heavily rallied and that's something I'm against even if it is
Pokemon acting in self defense. --- No amount of rallying would let me beat raytan7585. Congrats to raytan7585 for winning the CB9 Guru Contest! |
Gotta say I am impressed with Chrono Trigger here. That picture there is especially both nostalgic and emotional as that's when --- "If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh." -Magus (edited 11/29/2015 12:22:17 AM)report |
