GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1253
Just
after seeing Undertale do this for six hours straight, only being able
to keep that pace up for 4 updates is not gonna cut it. --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
xp1337 posted... Most tragic Smash announcement would be Crono. f*** the contest, I would gladly trade CT win over anything for Crono being announced in Smash --- Every day the rest of your life is changed forever. |
The entire noble nine in smash bros other than Crono would be such a referendum on his contest career. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
ExThaNemesis posted... Just after seeing Undertale do this for six hours straight, only being able to keep that pace up for 4 updates is not gonna cut it. You don't have to cut 150 every update to win. It was making consistent slow cuts before that, so unless we think Undertale has a better morning vote than Smash then it should continue to slow cut even if this burst does down. --- Every day the rest of your life is changed forever. |
whoever is running the undertale vote stuffing script must keep a close eye on things lol --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
Melee goes back to 500, but Undertale was at 430. and i think melee runs out of gas first --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
So Undertale pulls out a 431 vote update because why not. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
like seriously there is no way Melee starts cutting like that and then BOOM INSTANTLY Undertale is there with 100 extra votes. /Lopen --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
ExThaNemesis posted... like seriously there is no way Melee starts cutting like that and then BOOM INSTANTLY Undertale is there with 100 extra votes. Backfire? As people RT and stuff (and most of this is on Twitter now), you are much less likely to only hit like-minded fans. --- Raytan7585 is better than me at redditFAQs |
We'll likely be closing in on 100k votals by noon EST. |
TheOneAboveAll posted... ExThaNemesis posted...like seriously there is no way Melee starts cutting like that and then BOOM INSTANTLY Undertale is there with 100 extra votes. Maybe. Hard to say. I've been proven wrong with how little backfire we've seen in this contest. --- Every day the rest of your life is changed forever. |
TheOneAboveAll posted... ExThaNemesis posted...like seriously there is no way Melee starts cutting like that and then BOOM INSTANTLY Undertale is there with 100 extra votes. Yeah Undertale simply doesn't have THAT many fans for the backfire rate to be that high. --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
ExThaNemesis posted... whoever is running the undertale vote stuffing script must keep a close eye on things lol Not even gonna front, that geolocation map looks unbelievably fishy. I'm looking at China. 82% for ME3. 82% for Fallout 3. 58% for Mario World. 58% for Pokemon. 49% for Mario 64. 27% for Melee. Something is weird here, though maybe China only gives us like 40 votes per match or something. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
I saw quite a few undertale supporting retweets on Hungrybox's Tweet, so backfire is possible. --- I like giant robots. |
Oh the US has flipped --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword (edited 12/13/2015 7:55:13 AM)report |
Really slowing down now, only 29 votes that update. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Melee drops to 460, Undertale stays at 430. kind of funny to see melee only cut 30 with that update --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
This is really really fishy. Something is off here |
There's
definitely a bit of backfire rate going on there. As for Russia and
whatnot, honestly, I do believe there was some % of vote stuffing for
Undertale... like 2-4% - not like it really matters, the fandom could
erase that easily even if it was removed. |
Yeah I'm not buying the Undertale legitimacy anymore. They became very unsubtle with it this time. --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
Its almost inconceivable that Undertale could react to the Melee explosion this quickly if it was legit. |
ExThaNemesis posted... Yeah I'm not buying the Undertale legitimacy anymore. Eh, I hope Allen makes a topic either way. Even if it's just a PR line, you know? --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
nopenopenopenop posted... I do believe there was some % of vote stuffing for Undertale... like 2-4% - not like it really matters, the fandom could erase that easily even if it was removed. given undertale's margin of victories and how many raw votes that would represent it actually could matter I'm not buying into conspiracy theories yet though. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
I saw quite a few undertale supporting retweets on Hungrybox's Tweet, so backfire is possible. We probably don't help by announcing who is tweeting --- BGE3: Today's Matches SM64 > FFVII Points 211/320 |
UltimaterializerX posted... ExThaNemesis posted...whoever is running the undertale vote stuffing script must keep a close eye on things lol http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/browse?category=6 I know this isn't a perfect proxy, but there are more topics on that board for Singapore than china. So I'd guess the natural votals from China are extremely low to start with. Where it would look fishy is if their votals are a lot higher than in early rounds. Surely Allen is easily able to check that, right? --- Every day the rest of your life is changed forever. |
Any chance Allen actually looks into it if we send lots of feedback tickets with solid reasons why this is fishy? --- Raytan7585 is better than me at redditFAQs |
UltimaterializerX posted... Eh, I hope Allen makes a topic either way. Even if it's just a PR line, you know? Yeah I've totally given up hope on him actually knowing when vote stuffing is going on, or caring enough to do anything about it. This just became very obvious to anyone that's followed the contests for a while. --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
Melee falls to 440. Undertale still really likes 430! --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
As needed, baby. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
xp1337 posted... Melee falls to 440. Undertale still really likes 430! Plot twist, there isn't a single one Undertale voter. It's all a bot. Either that, or they are a hivemind, and the boat can find out exactly how many voted to fill up to reach the set number. |
The
longer Undertale goes with getting nearly identical updates, the more
fishy it becomes. Especially given the timing. Because even there was a
counter-tweet, you'd expect a spike rather than a consistent series of
votals like this. --- Every day the rest of your life is changed forever. |
He
has much more info than we do. I do trust that he and the people who
run this site look into possible vote-stuffing, for legal reasons. The issue is I'm positive there are some methods out there that are extremely hard to detect. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
Well
this is interesting. Undertale's creator had a tweet a while ago that
didn't directly reference the contest, but it might be driving some
votes. Though considering his tweet read "Melee's one of my favorite
games ever so I'm feeling pretty win/win right now" it's hard to say
which way it's driving votes. https://twitter.com/FwugRadiation/status/676014982396518400 --- I like giant robots. |
TheOneAboveAll posted... Any chance Allen actually looks into it if we send lots of feedback tickets with solid reasons why this is fishy? I... doubt it. Like he may make a topic (I doubt it unless things get weirder later) but it's not going to be because he gets pestered with feedback tickets (not something I'd suggest doing anyway.) Does he even look at those over the weekend? --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
"Vote-stuffing was discovered at a 2:1 ratio... for Smash Bros." --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses (edited 12/13/2015 8:05:29 AM)report |
It is a little shady. I don't think we actually have enough information to make any definitive calls, but yeah. Weird. --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Bacon
has more info than we do but given the info he's given on things like
this I don't think he actually knows how to actually analyze his data
properly unless it's incredibly obvious like it was with stuff like
Touhou characters. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Well, Undertale decided to leave 430. Went to 470. Melee stayed at 440. losing an update with 440 votes updates, come on melee --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
Hahahahah this is so blatantly obvious. --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
Well, Melee cut half the lead away. But now Undertale is surging. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 NEVER FORGET. |
Watchit posted... Well this is interesting. Undertale's creator had a tweet a while ago that didn't directly reference the contest, but it might be driving some votes. Though considering his tweet read "Melee's one of my favorite games ever so I'm feeling pretty win/win right now" it's hard to say which way it's driving votes. A tweet from the creator of Undertale who is followed mostly by fans of Undertale. Gee, I wonder who those followers voted? --- .-#Elements of Water#-. |
Melee flashed its strength. It still hasn't peaked yet. Undertale is vulnerable. Melee will win. --- NEW YORK METS - 2015 National League Champions |
To
be fair that was 4 hours ago and it makes no sense for that tweet to
suddenly explain jumping 100+ when Melee got ridiculous updates, even
with some backfire accounted for --- Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady. |
I
find it very hard to believe Undertale just happened to abandon its
trends in the one match where it was never in danger, while just
happening to hit a surge while ahead but looking like it might be
threatened. --- http://i.imgur.com/M1heX2g.jpg RIP Paul Bearer. Ohhhh nooooo. :( |
You think people really vote stuff for a gamefaqs match? This day and age? yeah right. --- Why do we exist?What happens when we stop existing? 124 Gurus were better than me in BGE 2015 contest! |
this match-87411 2007 final-82388 lol |
DpObliVion posted... Melee flashed its strength. It still hasn't peaked yet. Undertale is vulnerable. Melee will win. Melee gave its biggest haymaker of the match and Undertale was there, somehow, IMMEDIATELY with 150 extra votes per update to stop the bleeding and then start gaining again. --- "I'll admit that I made one or two sarcastic remarks in this topic, but in all serious I akin Undertale to fascism." -ArgaiRonso |
Safer_777 posted... You think people really vote stuff for a gamefaqs match? This day and age? yeah right. lol --- .-#Elements of Water#-. |
Ahahaha Undertale approaching 500 an update now. --- Not_Wylvane |
Melee at 450, Undertale just south of 500. yep this is why i don't think melee can do this --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? |
