GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1228
Well Tumblr being better than Reddit lasted exactly 2 rounds. Time for buttdevastation |
hey why don't we just scratch divisions 3-8 from the record and say this contest only had division 1 and 2 --- http://i.imgur.com/RHvCiY3.png |
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I would rather take my chances against Undertale than a Pokemon that
beat Undertale that is a legitimately terrifying idea I would be
concerned that OOT wouldn't even be competitive --- satoru iwata |
I'm
a little worried about OOT being perceived as the favorite by most of
the voters. It's been acclaimed as greatest of all time for 17 years
not just here, but everywhere. The narrative of Undertale as the
underdog challenging OOT may be hard to dispel. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Nanis23 posted... The Mana Sword posted...missingno beat crono in round 1 ToadYoshi | Posted 2/14/2010 9:09:45 AM | message detail This is not anyone's game. Missingno is going to tank after this. hellfire104 | Posted 2/14/2010 9:05:54 AM | message detail After this board vote, Missingno is going to sink like a rock. This is why I love contests --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
Remember when people talked about this rally having a ceiling? --- My old signature was really outdated. I haven't thought of a proper new one yet. |
pepperidge farm remembers --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
I
don't think Ocarina of Time would be considered an underdog to anyone
but maybe GameFAQs people who follow along, or board 8. The good news,
though, is what you mentioned -- people everywhere have that
acknowledgement and respect for OoT as one of those shortlist 'best game
of all-time.' It's not even just a nostalgia thing, it's how a lot of
websites and people feel even today. So I think that makes it a harder
target to rally against. Unless it's super Pokemon my god people would be singing the TV song and probably dusting off their copies and SMELL YA LATER --- satoru iwata |
ctesjbuvf posted... Remember when people talked about this rally having a ceiling? It actually looks like it does. The rally is probably bigger now than it was last time, but Undertale's not increasing its lead by 200 every update like it was doing before. There is a ceiling. It's just really high. --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. Congrats to CBIX Guru Winner *Raytan*! (edited 12/1/2015 12:12:27 PM)report |
ZFS posted... I don't think Ocarina of Time would be considered an underdog to anyone but maybe GameFAQs people who follow along, or board 8. The good news, though, is what you mentioned -- people everywhere have that acknowledgement and respect for OoT as one of those shortlist 'best game of all-time.' It's not even just a nostalgia thing, it's how a lot of websites and people feel even today. So I think that makes it a harder target to rally against. I CHOOSE YOU! POKEMON! Use Nostalgia Attack! It's Super Effective! BGE Contest was defeated! --- www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/arcana/388_final.jpg |
ZFS posted... this is how Ocarina of Time becomes the Hero of GameFAQs I'm just sayin even the ExThas and KARMA HUNTERS (!) will back OOT come final time this is how Undertale is stopped https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Cloudac1.jpg --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
ZFS posted... Like I would rather take my chances against Undertale than a Pokemon that beat Undertale that is a legitimately terrifying idea I would be concerned that OOT wouldn't even be competitive I dunno about that. If pokemon wins against undertale it will be because of a counter-rally or the Undertale rally backfiring (this second option is less likely) If pokemon beats undertale, then the whole rally fest will die down because the people that votes for the sake of trolling won't have a way to piss people of: Much more people would be pissed of if undertale wins (just look at the forums) than if pokemon did, thus they won't get their reward for the trolling and leave. |
FF7 is like the Internet's enemy I mean Squirtle beat Cloud man --- satoru iwata |
Trust me my buttfuriousness if Pokemon wins will be enough for them to stick around --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
I mean, of course
there is a ceiling as there is a finite number of people on Tumblr, but
what does that matter if you're not half into that ceiling and still
get crushed? Undertale will steamroll everything and that especally
includes GameFAQs darling OoT. --- Surskit Hi! I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear! (edited 12/1/2015 12:19:29 PM)report |
The
only reason Draven kind of had a relevant ceiling was because the LoL
subreddit mods usually didn't care that much about whether he won and
mostly just wanted to avoid having their subreddit clogged by rally
threads so they only let one thread exist at a time, which would
eventually fall off the front page. However, they were fully capable of
either stopping Draven dead or giving him a major boost by changing what
they were allowing - or being manipulated into changing it. And we saw
both happen. Tumblr's decentralized nature means this rally can't really be stopped from the top like that. It'll just keep rolling. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] (edited 12/1/2015 12:18:37 PM)report |
Omniscientless posted... I mean, of course there is a ceiling as there is a finite number of people on Tumblr, bit what does that matter if you're not half into that ceiling and still get crushed? Undertale will steamroll everything and that especally includes GameFAQs darling OoT. I don't think we ever had an explantion to how Link stood up against Draven It was close to a miracle --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
Nanis23 posted... Omniscientless posted...I mean, of course there is a ceiling as there is a finite number of people on Tumblr, bit what does that matter if you're not half into that ceiling and still get crushed? Undertale will steamroll everything and that especally includes GameFAQs darling OoT. I think its pretty obvious Link was cheating |
ZFS posted... FF7 is like the Internet's enemy This was before the resurgence. You have to believe, man. We are like AVALANCHE here. Undertale is basically Shin-ra --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
Link
had Facebook rallying from some pretty serious players, /v/ rallying,
reddit rallying, and probably some sketchy stuff on top of all that.
Didn't matter in the end, especially because of the League of Downtime~ --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
That was the League of Denial of Service and Allen knows it. --- Get the X out. Vinateri was using his god powers on the Pats and then was like "Wait I'm a Colt now lol" and now you have it. |
Link
had a mixture of backfire votes and his own rallies. The thing about
Zelda is that it's not hard to rally for, it's just how often do you
need to do that? It's a top 10 game/series almost everywhere. It doesn't
ever need rallies out of necessity, until something like Draven or
Undertale happens. --- satoru iwata |
I do believe that if Undertale defeats our the Final Fantasy VII, OoT will be a worthy hero. Despite my ZeldaFAQs hatred, OoT is a legitimately god-tier game. --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
ZFS posted... Link had a mixture of backfire votes and his own rallies. The thing about Zelda is that it's not hard to rally for, it's just how often do you need to do that? It's a top 10 game/series almost everywhere. It doesn't ever need rallies out of necessity, until something like Draven or Undertale happens. It's not like Zelda doesn't lose. Where was all the heavy Wind Waker rallying against FFVI? --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Also the best part of this is this erases my terrible FO3 > SMW pick. Thank you Undertale. --- Hello, I'm Chris! https://media.giphy.com/media/2ZtIpjwFFjLHLNREpCU/giphy.gif |
Karma Hunter posted... ZFS posted...Link had a mixture of backfire votes and his own rallies. The thing about Zelda is that it's not hard to rally for, it's just how often do you need to do that? It's a top 10 game/series almost everywhere. It doesn't ever need rallies out of necessity, until something like Draven or Undertale happens. I think people let things go like that. It's like "Oh, Wind Waker in round 3 vs another good game, whatever there's like 4 more zelda games" vs "Oh, its the finals and its OoT, time to win" you know? --- Hello, I'm Chris! https://media.giphy.com/media/2ZtIpjwFFjLHLNREpCU/giphy.gif |
And
like people talk to me about backfiring and then I see Undertale
slapping SMW around for nearly 70% on updates. Yeah, backfiring is real,
but there's some serious overestimation of how much it does. SMW
getting significantly counterrallied today is probably as responsible
for it staying afloat as any backfire advantage it had on FO3. --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
That's
why I specified something like Draven or Undertale, where people feel
compelled to fight back against the rallies with their own because those
games or characters aren't naturally that popular. I mean some of that
does require people follow the contest to some extent, but you don't
need many people for a rally to be effective. --- satoru iwata |
I
should say, you don't need very many people for a rally to start and be
effective. You obviously need to reach a lot of people for it to do
what it's supposed to. --- satoru iwata |
UT's picked up the pace some, over 2000 vote lead now. --- 3DS FC: 1805-2178-2522 NNID: Scarlettail |
If Zelda fans liked WW enough to rally it against FFVI, WW wouldn't be worlds weaker than OOT to start with. Also, your obligatory reminder: Crono got 12,000 more votes in 12 hours on missingno than Undertale got in 15 hours today. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Karma Hunter posted... And like people talk to me about backfiring and then I see Undertale slapping SMW around for nearly 70% on updates. Yeah, backfiring is real, but there's some serious overestimation of how much it does. SMW getting significantly counterrallied today is probably as responsible for it staying afloat as any backfire advantage it had on FO3. SMW is getting seriously counterralied? Where, outside of the Mario subreddit? --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. Congrats to CBIX Guru Winner *Raytan*! |
red sox 777 posted... If Zelda fans liked WW enough to rally it against FFVI, WW wouldn't be worlds weaker than OOT to start with. Your obligatory reminder that vote totals were much higher in 2010 than they are now. Cloud/Link got 130,000 votes in the final with no known rallies of any kind. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
/v/.
They've mostly given up/turned on SMW to start savoring the GameFAQs
saltiness but there's still a few topics kicking around that haven't
purged yet, and they've been rallying all match up to now. --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
The whining is going to be so great when Undertale > OOT happens |
we
deserve this for the horrible response we've given as a board. I
wouldn't blame the Internet for ripping the contest to shreds after how
we've acted. Ocarina's going to get killed if it gets that far. I'd honestly give CT or RBY a better shot. you don't get to the final and drop the ball with this kind of support. Zelda isn't THAT much more popular than everything else. --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
And
Ocarina of Time will absolutely need a sizable rally and/or Undertale
converts in order to win. In my mind, the key here, aside from ZELDA, is
that it's in the finals and it's for the winner of the contest, which
makes rallying a bit easier and more effective. I dunno, I don't people
are gonna go as hard or convince as many people to vote a Mario in round
3 versus Ocarina of Time in the finals for the championship. --- satoru iwata |
T4libKw4li posted... The whining is going to be so great when Undertale > OOT happens Nah, the board will have moved on to the fifth stage of grief by that point. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
That's my point, Leon! KH, Undertale is averaging updates in the low 60s, that matches up perfectly well with a backfire rate in the high 20s. SMW, Pokemon, and Undertale's vote intake are all pretty well correlated, and the tumblr rally is so huge. Any SMW counterrallies big enough to matter more than backfire would be really stealthy to not show up in the trends. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Karma Hunter posted... /v/. They've mostly given up/turned on SMW to start savoring the GameFAQs saltiness but there's still a few topics kicking around that haven't purged yet, and they've been rallying all match up to now. I don't know how much pro SMW /v/ is, because every f***ing day there is a 500 replies undertale topic there Which also cause the other people to hate it, so I guess 50/50? --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
ZFS posted... And Ocarina of Time will absolutely need a sizable rally and/or Undertale converts in order to win. In my mind, the key here, aside from ZELDA, is that it's in the finals and it's for the winner of the contest, which makes rallying a bit easier and more effective. I dunno, I don't people are gonna go as hard or convince as many people to vote a Mario in round 3 versus Ocarina of Time in the finals for the championship. This applies to the Undertale ralliers, too. They're not going to get all the way to the finals and then scale back. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Karma Hunter posted... savoring the GameFAQs saltiness dammit why is this a thing why do we do this board 8 it only helps the bad guys --- satoru iwata |
Omniscientless posted... I mean, of course there is a ceiling as there is a finite number of people on Tumblr, but what does that matter if you're not half into that ceiling and still get crushed? Undertale will steamroll everything and that especially includes GameFAQs darling OoT. I think people are mentally prepared for it though. The winner of RBY / Undertale wins this contest. No doubt in my mind. |
I
was going to say it applies to Undertale, too, but it's also up against
a much more popular force than anything else it will have faced barring
Pokemon. I don't like what I'm talking myself into --- satoru iwata |
T4libKw4li posted... The whining is going to be so great when Undertale > OOT happens If Undertale reachs the final, Undertale being the winner is pretty much confirmed Nobody is going to get salty over this, UNLESS we are going to see League of Downtime strikes again ("Downtale"? na) --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
GameFAQs in general will get more and more behind Undertale the more it wins, too. We're already seeing that. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
/v/'s
natural inclination isn't to support SMW, which is why the backfire
rate was so high (based on straw polls taken in the threads, it was in
the low 30s). But there have been threads going on nonstop,
continuously, unceasingly, without end - because they have been
constantly been made by B8ers desperate to salvage their bracket. (this, by the way, would be the kind of behavior that tranman alluded to in terms of "WE DESERVE THIS") Undertale is naturally gaining steam as it did the last two matches, but some of that is also SMW comparatively falling off, because the counterralliers have lost hope. Before that, B8ers were making a pretty concerted pitch to draw in those who would be predisposed to vote SMW and making anti-tumblr overtures to maximize as many votes as possible. --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Oh man, RBY vs UT is going to be intense. Strap yourselves in for that match. --- 3DS FC: 1805-2178-2522 NNID: Scarlettail |
has anyone tried rallying LUE that'd be like a 0% backfire rate right --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
