GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1244
TheCodeisBosco posted... Not_Wylvane posted...Also, I love how we've gone from "f*** Melee and its f***ing rallies upsetting CT" to "COME ON MELEE USE YOUR RALLIES TO BEAT UNDERTALE!" in the span of a f***ing day. Me neither. Rooting for FFVII in a match I don't believe it'll win in the slightest. --- My old signature was really outdated. I haven't thought of a proper new one yet. |
I can just imagine right now how people felt tracking that last update on the updater seeing the 50% and their eyes widen, 'IS POKEMON TURNING THE TIDE?' then they see it was a fake update and Undertale padded another 125 votes to its lead --- Goddamn Chrono Trigger |
Karma Hunter posted... I can just imagine right now how people felt tracking that last update on the updater No actually, everyone is used to that by now. If a update breaks trends, the first thing you check is timestamp. --- My old signature was really outdated. I haven't thought of a proper new one yet. |
ExThaNemesis posted... Honestly I'd be willing to eat FFVII losing to Melee if it meant Melee had a shot against Undertale but One of the top-voted comments on Reddit's big Smash rally was lamenting Undertale's loss to Super Mario World. People were... not happy about it. At all. In an actual Melee/Undertale match, this rage would increase tenfold. I don't think Melee has exactly zero chance. Super Mario 64? Yeah, its odds are exactly zero. Melee at least has a solid... I don't know? 5% chance? 10%? :p I love Melee and Undertale alike, so it's really a win-win for me. --- Now crack that combination: 27 99 23. |
ctesjbuvf posted... Karma Hunter posted...I can just imagine right now how people felt tracking that last update on the updater People didn't have enough pattern recognition to see that Undertale had done this kind of blitz three rounds straight, I'm damn sure not giving them that kind of credit --- Goddamn Chrono Trigger |
Not_Wylvane posted... Also, I love how we've gone from "f*** Melee and its f***ing rallies upsetting CT" to "COME ON MELEE USE YOUR RALLIES TO BEAT UNDERTALE!" in the span of a f***ing day. This topic respects natural strength. We respect GameFAQs democracy. Bandwagons are not so bad to most of us - L-Block had tons of support. In fact his support may have first started here. But we don't really respect foreign invasions. Which is what rallies are. It's totally understandable and human. If our favorite loses in legitimate democratic fashion, we are totally OK with that. But we don't like a game getting robbed by an invasion. Even when we like the game benefitting (people here love Melee but didn't want it to beat CT like that). We want whoever is naturally stronger on this site, our site, to win. If the stronger game rallies to get a victory it would have gotten anyway, why would that bother anyone? That's silly of course; a reset to the norm is fine. So if Melee goes against UT, of course most here will want Melee to rally hard as f***. As we should. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
People
seem to forget one important thing about Link vs Draven. Reddit rallies
were dying when Link was cutting. The thread on reddit was posted like 9
hours before the match started so it would go down early. Tumblr does not stop. --- http://i.imgur.com/yrqRzHJ.gif |
Karma Hunter posted... ctesjbuvf posted...Karma Hunter posted...I can just imagine right now how people felt tracking that last update on the updater Fair enough. --- My old signature was really outdated. I haven't thought of a proper new one yet. |
I
think SM64 will probably do as well as Melee if not better seeing as
Melee rallying will help SM64 that day whereas Melee will be by itself
when it faces Undertale (neither will come close enough, though). --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Undertale
has more votes than Draven during LSD and it will end up having more
votes than Draven in all matches except the final. Pretty good considering we have over 20% less votes than in 2013. --- BGE3: Today's Matches Pokemon RBYG > SMW, SM64 > Skyrim Points 171/208 |
BK_Sheikah00 posted... People seem to forget one important thing about Link vs Draven. Reddit rallies were dying when Link was cutting. The thread on reddit was posted like 9 hours before the match started so it would go down early. I think the Link/Draven rally was posted about 3 hours before the match started. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
Jim Sterling rallying for UT --- Arcvalons really is a genius.-kamikazetomato. Voice of Myself. |
creativename posted... If our favorite loses in legitimate democratic fashion, we are totally OK with that. Well, that's a nice thing to SAY, but in reality... --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
I come back from the gym and this board is unreadable. Draven all over again. --- http://i.imgur.com/dpIEizf.gif |
BK_Sheikah00 posted... Tumblr does not stop. I know this is leaving myself open to all the snide, "Nobody on this site understands Tumblr, GOD"-type comments, but... man, the unflappable nature of Undertale's support floors me. Not only does the rallying not ease up as a match nears its conclusion, it has also shown no signs whatsoever of round-to-round fatigue. Insane. --- Now crack that combination: 27 99 23. |
FFS Allen, remove those stuffed Undertale votes already --- "This place has a nice view of Hod. And also... I promised someone." - Asch, Tales of the Abyss |
Did the lady heiress post? --- Arcvalons really is a genius.-kamikazetomato. Voice of Myself. |
And there it is, at last Welcome to the League of Mass Effect 3, #2 Game in the Division --- Goddamn Chrono Trigger (edited 12/8/2015 6:16:49 PM)report |
Karma Hunter posted... And there it is, at last If only It hadn't been fed to Undertale, it could have won a whole Division. Such a wasted elite. (edited 12/8/2015 6:18:18 PM)report |
MechanicalWall posted... creativename posted...If our favorite loses in legitimate democratic fashion, we are totally OK with that. It's true. How much whining do you see when our favorites lose a normal match? Little, and it's almost all in good humor. Compare that to rallies. It's many orders of magnitude worse. So what I said was not false. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
ROUND 4 – DAY 3 – ALL OF DIVISION 5 & 6 Match CXVII: (1) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time vs. (2) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Previous Rounds The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 91.03% against Hearthstone 76.89% against Suikoden II 64.96% against Final Fantasy IX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 74.99% against Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations 60.61% against Banjo-Kazooie 62.03% against Donkey Kong Country 2 Analysis While some people blame the picture last round for Ocarina of Time’s performance even if you give it a few percentage points it would have still underperformed. Like what we saw in the Character Battle the gap between the strongest games and the rest of the pack is getting smaller. Ocarina of Time may be the strongest game, but its days of breaking 60% on everything outside of Final Fantasy VII are over. Castlevania has quietly been having one of the performances of the contest. It may not be enough to break into the top 20, but it is definitely sitting on the outside looking in. Castlevania put Final Fantasy IX numbers on Phoenix Wright before putting Resident Evil 4 numbers on Banjo-Kazooie. I’m leaning towards the game finishing at around Final Fantasy IX though. This match would probably be the biggest test to see if the adjacent match will have a noticeable effect. In total there will be three Zelda games among the four participating games. If Castlevania does do well, as in easily beating FFIX’s performance then I think we can confirm the factor as being true. charmander6000’s Bracket: LoZ: Ocarina of Time > Banjo-Kazooie charmander6000’s Prediction: LoZ: Ocarina of Time wins, 65.85% - 34.15% Match CXVIII: (1) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past vs. (2) The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Previous Rounds The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 88.02% against Cave Story 65.45% against Final Fantasy IV 70.58% against Dark Souls The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 75.89% against Valkyria Chronicles 68.87% against Final Fantasy XII 50.53% against Super Metroid Analysis Some people gave Majora’s Mask a decent chance at defeating Link to the Past, but even before Super Metroid went even with it I thought it was a weird position to have. Among Zelda fans Ocarina of Time and Link to the Past are one and two. It’s hard to see a relatively large site like GameFAQs deviate from that and if it has it is more likely that Link to the Past has become the strongest game. The main question becomes whether or not there will be SFF. Majora’s Mask is different enough that it could avoid the heavy SFF Zelda is known to commit, but it is hard to imagine that there wouldn’t be any. In a match without SFF I expect Link to the Past to finish in the mid-50s, but I think the game has a great chance at finishing well above 60%. charmander6000’s Bracket: LoZ: Link to the Past > LoZ: Majora’s Mask charmander6000’s Prediction: LoZ: Link to the Past wins, 62.11% - 37.89% --- BGE3: Today's Matches Pokemon RBYG > SMW, SM64 > Skyrim Points 171/208 |
Well, seems like Undertale is slowing down a bit. --- My old signature was really outdated. I haven't thought of a proper new one yet. |
With a strong showing, OoT can send a signal that last round really was pic factor. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
Undertale has slowed down a little, but so has Pokemon. We're still seeing 60-40 updates. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
Damnit... Pokemon... Undertale... f***... Damnit --- "This place has a nice view of Hod. And also... I promised someone." - Asch, Tales of the Abyss |
creativename posted... With a strong showing, OoT can send a signal that last round really was pic factor. I am on board --- satoru iwata |
Apathy wins, basically --- Such a lust for revenge |
Man what the hell happened? Has there ever been a turnaround this large and so fast? --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up on a different Nexus? |
On
a side note, it feels weird seeing my match pic get spread all over the
internet like this. Like I'm not bragging or wishing I had made a
better pic or whatever (Chris's endorsement of the Pokemon picture is
all I needed, that meant a lot from him), it's just weird. These days I
enjoy the PCA and making pictures more than anything else in these
contests, but I never imagined hundreds of thousands of people seeing my
stuff. It's surreal. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
-FFDragon- posted... Man what the hell happened? Has there ever been a turnaround this large and so fast? Undertale > Mass Effect 3 in round one? --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
-FFDragon- posted... Man what the hell happened? Has there ever been a turnaround this large and so fast? Yes By Undertale --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
Seriously,
though, forget Melee or FF7, if Ocarina of Time, in the finals, can't
stop Undertale nothing else will. I'm pretty convinced today that
Ocarina is in no way a favorite going into the match, but there's
something to be said for Zelda in the finals after its opponent has
wrecked everyone's favorite games along the way, in questionable fashion
at times. Gotta hope Ocarina can get the same boost Link got against
Draven. It's not about day 1 strength anymore, it's all about that
collective 'can we stop this thing we actually don't think is that
great' kind of deal. Believe in Link that believes in GameFAQs --- satoru iwata |
I
was going to vote for LTTP against OOT. But I don't want it to win
that match and let Link off easy. I want OOT to bring its full
firepower into the final, and let the battle be done. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
The
thing is, Undertale is pretty darn difficult to rally against. It's
huge everywhere right now and fresh in people's minds. We're seeing a
great backfire here from the Pokemon rallies. --- My old signature was really outdated. I haven't thought of a proper new one yet. |
I'm amazed that I've still literally never heard about Undertale outside the context of this contest. --- raytan is the guru champ, yo yo yo He won it in the year of the draggy crow |
A rallied Melee has a better shot than OoT at beating Undertale, imo. |
What is Undertale's natural GameFAQs strength on OoT by the finals Hmm 60-40 sure that sounds okay to me --- Goddamn Chrono Trigger |
If
people can find a way to get semi-casual gamers to respond to the match
somehow, they will vote overwhelmingly for OoT (they won't have heard
of Undertale). Undertale is getting a decent amount of backfire support
because it's popular among young hardcore gamers. Unfortunately, the
less invested in games people are the harder it is to get them to care
about the contest at all. --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Then we rally for the ultra-casuals and Super Mario Brothers wins the next contest --- Goddamn Chrono Trigger |
I
still stand that Ocarina of Time carries weight at almost every corner
of the Internet. There is no consensus 'best game ever,' but Ocarina of
Time is about the closest thing there is. But Zelda will have some
pretty significant rallies going for it, too. Link that faced Draven
would have crushed any other Link in any other year, so I wouldn't
expect the OOT in the final to be a 'normal' champion tier competitor. I
mean Undertale, honestly and realistically probably still wins because
Tumblr's ability to catch fire at any point is scary and gross, but I
would definitely give it way more of a shot than anything left. It being
a final match means something these others don't, I think. --- satoru iwata |
Karma Hunter posted... What is Undertale's natural GameFAQs strength on OoT by the finals I have never had an eternal rival and nemesis more than this year in this contest --- satoru iwata |
Link will make it a match. I predict he keeps the hope going until 11 pm. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Karma Hunter posted... Then we rally for the ultra-casuals I want this so f***ing bad. --- Now crack that combination: 27 99 23. |
ZFS posted... Karma Hunter posted...What is Undertale's natural GameFAQs strength on OoT by the finals the best part is when you realize I'm saying Undertale has the 60% --- Goddamn Chrono Trigger |
Votals
are really slowing down now. Beating Link/Draven will be hard. The
great high votal classic matches of 2002/3 are out of reach. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
We get even higher votals in later matches, especially if Melee v Undertale happens. --- 3DS FC: 1805-2178-2522 NNID: Scarlettail |
People
are assuming too strongly that the Pokemon rallies had huge backfire. I
mean that may well be the case, the trends seem to indicate that. But
we don't know. I think not even Allen would be able to figure that out
with his logs. What happened may have been something else. This is really too complex for us to know. Anyway, the problem for Zelda is...drones! The irony! The backfire rate for Undertale rallies hasn't seemed to really vary that much the past couple rounds. UT's opponent seems not to matter so much. The banner should help, but the raw net votes OoT gets from natural strength won't really be *that* much higher than an RBY or Melee or SMW. A few thousand maybe? It just comes down to the size of the rally, the drone army. And if OoT can counter-rally. A counter-rally that works would be huge. Just a few thousand votes net would be a big deal. But while Zelda fans will rally very hard, their success is not guaranteed. I always emphasize how hard rallies are to predict. Pokemon fans tried real hard to rally today without much success (it seems). And Pokemon historically has been one of the top rally forces we have. Zelda's success isn't guaranteed either. As I said before, Link vs. Draven was a unique match. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
The
site banner should help out OoT because it would be bringing in a lot
of extra voters (generally people visiting the site for the first time)
who know nothing about Undertale's path to the finals. Those voters
should be expected to vote for OoT over Undertale at a higher split than
the normal GameFAQs voters who have followed the contest pretty
closely. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
