GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1227
UltimaterializerX posted... Team Rocket Elite posted...UltimaterializerX posted...The_Lazy_Goron posted...Honestly I would rather see a legit contest instead of just Undertale being a repeat of Draven. The matches that were messed around with are the ones that have been mentioned repeatedly at this point. Pretty much RBY's entire run other than against Sonic 2 has been tossed out the window. Undertale is also going to screw with FF7 vs CT. I don't really follow sports so I can't really give a good analogy. Like if Undertale turned out to be a sleeper megahit via GameFAQs power and crashed through all the RBY/Mario matches, I wouldn't really complain. Well RBY would be losing so I guess I would be complaining but it would be of a different kind and I might even lead to actually playing Undertale or something. Undertale may have wrecked the matches but it did so on it's own power. I think this is the situation similar to the sports thing you described. I'm not really sure there is a good sports equivalent of what Undertale is doing. Maybe something like if aliens came down from Mars and granted one team superpowers and for some reason there aren't any rules against that (I don't know if this would violate any doping rules). The fodder team then uses their new superpowers to completely stomp every other team they face. Even then, I don't have a good analogy for the spill over effect. Maybe the aliens randomly give out short term superpowers as well to games played on the same day? Edit: I've got to head off. I'm sure we can pick this back up some other time. Undertale still has 4 more rounds afterall. --- No amount of rallying would let me beat raytan7585. Congrats to raytan7585 for winning the CB9 Guru Contest! (edited 11/30/2015 11:59:36 PM)report |
Question:
do we think the backfire rate will vary as a function of the current
match percentages? E.g. maybe if SMW is down people that like both might
be more likely to vote for SMW? --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Team Rocket Elite posted... I'm not really sure there is a good sports equivalent of what Undertale is doing. Maybe something like if aliens came down from Mars and granted one team superpowers and for some reason there aren't any rules against that (I don't know if this would violate any doping rules). The fodder team then uses their new superpowers to completely stomp every other team they face. Even then, I don't have a good analogy for the spill over effect. Maybe the aliens randomly give out short term superpowers as well to games played on the same day? Oh man Undertale is the Monstars OoT is Michael Jordan --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
LeonhartFour posted... Oh man ... oh my god --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
That analogy doesn't work because Jordan won wait maybe it does because he needed the Looney Tunes what are the Looney Tunes in this analogy vis-a-vis OoT --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
So Multiple polls a day or 12-hour matches? --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy IX - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3729662 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
Karma Hunter posted... what are the Looney Tunes in this analogy vis-a-vis OoT Nintendo putting out a Nintendo Direct saying to please vote for OoT. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
Who's Newman in this analogy? --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Karma Hunter posted... That analogy doesn't work because Jordan won Trent Baretta --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Sorry, but nothing Undertale could do in the x-stats will ever beat Phoenix Wright as a Top 10 character in 2013. --- Agent Triple Zero at your service! Future 2015 Guru Contest winner. |
After 3 hours Mass Effect 3 63.34% 2289-vote lead 8577 total votes in match Fallout 3 65.86% 3208-vote lead 10112 total votes in match Super Mario World 56.66% 2013-vote lead 15113 total votes in match |
LeonhartFour posted... Team Rocket Elite posted...I'm not really sure there is a good sports equivalent of what Undertale is doing. Maybe something like if aliens came down from Mars and granted one team superpowers and for some reason there aren't any rules against that (I don't know if this would violate any doping rules). The fodder team then uses their new superpowers to completely stomp every other team they face. Even then, I don't have a good analogy for the spill over effect. Maybe the aliens randomly give out short term superpowers as well to games played on the same day? Yes! --- sharp. distance. |
So what you guys are saying is we need to get Bill Murray on our team at the last possible second to secure victory? --- **R.O.B.A.Z.O.I.D** |
That analogy doesn't work because Jordan won Nintendo to surprise release a new Zelda game on the day of the match in which Link has to campaign for himself by contacting all of your facebook friends to get them to vote for OOT on Gamefaqs. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
22 VOTE GAIN Totally tubular --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Not_Wylvane posted... So In the case of Tumblr, 12-hour matches are worse when it comes to rallying since it seems to take a lot longer to get the rally up to full steam. Both Undertale rallies from the first 2 rounds didn't hit full steam until after the 12 hour mark in both matches. For Reddit, 12-hour matches are better since it's much easier to get the rally on the subreddit's main page very quickly. The way Reddit works also makes it more difficult to keep a rally topic on the subreddit's main page for 24 hours, which is why 12-hour matches are better for Reddit rallies. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! (edited 12/1/2015 12:05:05 AM)report |
red sox 777 posted... Nintendo to surprise release a new Zelda game on the day of the match in which Link has to campaign for himself by contacting all of your facebook friends to get them to vote for OOT on Gamefaqs. link's contest training --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
This
random Space Jam discussion has been the best part of my night but just
to be clear no one's holding out hope for SMW anymore right <_< --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
The
only problem I have with the rallies is that there's money on the line.
Thousands of dollars in prizes are coming down to who managed to
randomly pick the obscure game to get the benefit of offsite rallies.
Might as well chuck names in a hat and pick a winner for the next
contest --- "With hard work and dedication, you can master the magical properties of your Gem and perform your own dance!"- Pearl, Steven Universe |
To
be honest I kind of had the thought that Tumblr voters weren't like
Draven voters and that they were just voting for their favorite game
rather than automatically voting for the thing being rallied so another
game might have a shot. That's not looking very likely though... --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. |
RySenkari posted... The only problem I have with the rallies is that there's money on the line. Thousands of dollars in prizes are coming down to who managed to randomly pick the obscure game to get the benefit of offsite rallies. Might as well chuck names in a hat and pick a winner for the next contest I approve of this, it would do better than most of my brackets --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Karma Hunter posted... This random Space Jam discussion has been the best part of my night but just to be clear no one's holding out hope for SMW anymore right <_< Someone needs to tweet Michael Jordan. we can do this! --- sharp. distance. |
If we really want to stop rallying, why not do one-hour matches instead? Power Hour 24/7 --- Current Let's Play: Final Fantasy IX - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3729662 Previous: http://lparchive.org/author/mega64 |
At 3:00: SMW against Undertale - 8534 OOT against Hearthstone - 7770 Well, the backfire is pretty significant at least. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
RySenkari posted... The only problem I have with the rallies is that there's money on the line. Thousands of dollars in prizes are coming down to who managed to randomly pick the obscure game to get the benefit of offsite rallies. Might as well chuck names in a hat and pick a winner for the next contest Also, this exactly --- sharp. distance. |
Karma Hunter posted... RySenkari posted...The only problem I have with the rallies is that there's money on the line. Thousands of dollars in prizes are coming down to who managed to randomly pick the obscure game to get the benefit of offsite rallies. Might as well chuck names in a hat and pick a winner for the next contest Next time I would pick a ralliable character/game to win the contest then rally for it in tumblr or reddit or whatever. Thousands of dollars secured. |
Undertale's
vote intake has fallen off pretty sharply, almost halved from when that
2nd wave of the rally was at its peak. Does Tumblr have a strong
European presence? If not, and going by the other matches, SMW may soon
be clear until morning. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Fun
Fact: When GameSpot had its Best Sidekick Contest, I randomly picked an
Einstein > Launchpad McQuack finals (and a bunch of other dumb
upsets) because I knew 4chan was going to screw with the contest If I had switched and had Launchpad winning instead, I would've gotten first prize. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
LeonhartFour posted... two straight gains for Mario World Posts like these are unironically worse than the actual rallies tbqh imoooo --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
red sox 777 posted... Undertale's vote intake has fallen off pretty sharply, almost halved from when that 2nd wave of the rally was at its peak. Does Tumblr have a strong European presence? If not, and going by the other matches, SMW may soon be clear until morning. Undertale has done much better in America than Canada or Europe in the first two rounds, so I'd wager that's where most of the rally is centralized. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Something
similar happened with the Fallout match. I remember someone saying that
it survived the first wave and I went to bed feeling pretty good about
its chances SMW is done for. --- **R.O.B.A.Z.O.I.D** |
LeonhartFour posted... Fun Fact: When GameSpot had its Best Sidekick Contest, I randomly picked an Einstein > Launchpad McQuack finals (and a bunch of other dumb upsets) because I knew 4chan was going to screw with the contest Dangit you knew enough to get Launchpad that far but not have it winning, that's like fumbling on the 1 yard line --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
it really was I honestly had no idea what 4chan's tastes were like I was just randomly picking the dumbest upsets I guess I underestimated Launchpad being a dumber winner than Einstein --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Yeah these gains may mean good things for some conservative oracles, but SMW is still losing. --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
LeonhartFour posted... three gains in a row TrendFAQs are back match over --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
Not_Wylvane posted... LeonhartFour posted...UltimaterializerX posted...You cannot convince me Mario 3 would have won that match, and I was the most vocal guy here saying it would win. Very few in this community want to see Draven or Undertale win. Few here give any sort of crap about them, most didn't even know of their existence. Don't compare them to L-Block, who bandwagoned on intra-GameFAQs popularity for the most part. This site's tastes are being overridden. How can you or anyone seriously expect people not to be upset with that? KamikazePotato posted... I'm being serious when I say the best thing for people to do right now is consider which 4 matches they want to be on a potential bonus day and be on your best behaviors so SBAllen doesn't get pissed at us again Pissed at us again? --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
For the record, Undertale is already at 45%+ on SMW in America. It only has 36% in Canada and 41% in the UK. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
He was pretty offended when MoogleKupo called him fat...! --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Four in a row Can't stop this train --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
SBAllen
was extremely fed up with the board during Draven's run. Think at one
point during one of the multiple lengthy posts he made to try and get
people to calm down he even said "I hope you guys are having fun,
because I'm not" --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Well, to be fair, Reddit was being an additional thorn in his side. At least Tumblr doesn't seem to be doing that to him! --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
He
had every right to be angry at the users then. I was so disgusted with
the way the users were treating SBAllen that even I couldn't stick
around anymore. People insisting that there was cheating instead of
rallying and that he was incompetent for not realizing it, and then
presenting 'proof' that wasn't even proof at all. It was like, ugh. I mean I guess I can understand the users being upset but that sort of lashing out was really sad. Dude was trying his best --- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. (edited 12/1/2015 12:21:18 AM)report |
Wow 51 Maybe SMW can build the lead up enough overnight to give us some false hope! --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
51 vote update for mario!? O_o --- sharp. distance. |
Big gain there! This might not turn into a complete embarrassment for SMW after all! (Spoilers: it'll still be a complete embarrassment) --- **R.O.B.A.Z.O.I.D** |
that was quite a spike for Mario World there n_n I'll at least be kind to Mario World and go to bed on a high note for it --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
There
are now 5333 extra votes in this poll above the FFVII poll from
yesterday. So, if that 70.45% SMW had at the freeze represents
Gamefaqs, that would mean the backfire rate is currently around 28.3%.
That backfire rate, with yesterday's natural votals, would require
Undertale to bring in about 44000 outside votes to win. Last round, it
did around 42000. Probably, even the first 5 minutes were already being influenced by rallies, so the actual backfire rate is a bit lower. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
