GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1262
My
guess is that "None, I'm alone in here, just browsing GameFAQs" will
likely maintain its strong early vote throughout the entire night vote
and start to drop off hard during the morning and day vote. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
I wonder if "more than 100" would do well at around 4pm EST. That's when the most NBA and NHL games begin. Though it would be doubtful that people would go on GameFAQs either just before or during a sports game. --- Congrats to DpObliVion for winning the guru. |
Almost
a 4% drop for "None, I'm alone in here, just browsing GameFAQs" on that
second update. It probably drops off slightly more before stabilizing
its percentage for the entire night vote, after which it should begin to
drop in percentage when the morning vote kicks in. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
-LusterSoldier- posted... "None, I'm alone in here, just browsing GameFAQs" received the first 19 votes in today's poll before another option got its first vote. So you're telling me the people who stay awake at midnight, eager to vote first thing in a random GameFAQs poll, are the type to usually keep by themselves? e: Also just noticed that less than 1% of voters are outside, in the age of mobile phones. Then again, I guess it is really f***ing cold in most of the country so it kinda makes sense. --- Got wrecked in the Guru by the dastardly DpObliVion! (edited 1/23/2016 11:26:01 AM)report |
Did you also know that the average age has been increasing at a rate of about 1 per year? --- 'I can imagine it's hard for a referee to ref a Miami Heat game. It's hard for me to take that sometimes. I feel like things are kind of swayed.' -Larry Sanders |
-LusterSoldier- posted... Almost a 4% drop for "None, I'm alone in here, just browsing GameFAQs" on that second update. It probably drops off slightly more before stabilizing its percentage for the entire night vote, after which it should begin to drop in percentage when the morning vote kicks in. That prediction pretty much happened for the most part. With today's poll being on a weekend, the morning vote does kick in a little bit later than usual and "None, I'm alone in here, just browsing GameFAQs" did not start to drop in percentage until about 8:00 AM. It has already lost about 3% from its highest percentage overnight percentage, which the potential to lose even more percentage. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
Poll updates and trend charts for yesterday's poll: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JSmVbKoUwNzqlgGCLq2hGfo0xWhVz813h45-w5g4NSI/pub?gid=733158498 "None" had a really strong board vote and while it dropped off hard on the first update after the freeze, it pretty much stabilized its percentage for the rest of the Power Hour and the night vote. The strong Power Hour for "None" would be maintained throughout the night vote. When the morning vote started to kick in after 8:00 AM, "None" started a percentage bleed that would continue for the remainder of the poll. "None" did not make any attempt to stop the percentage bleeding at any point after the morning vote kicked in. "None" reached a maximum percentage of 79.71% during the night vote before going on to lose a total of 4.69% for the rest of the poll. Despite this large percentage bleed, "None" was still mostly able to maintain hours of 70% or higher except for just 2 hours near the end of the poll. "One" had trends that were opposite of "None". "One" had a weak board vote, Power Hour, and night vote. It started performing better when the morning vote kicked in and maintained fairly stable trends for the rest of the poll. "Two to four" had similar trends to "One", having a weak board vote, Power Hour, and night vote. Like with "One", it started performing better with the morning vote, but there is one small difference with "Two to four". This option actually performed better during later part of the day vote and the SNV in comparison to its morning vote and early day vote. The remaining 4 options in this poll all had less than 1% and it's difficult to talk about their trends when all 4 options have less than 1%. It would be better to look at the combined trends for all 4 options here. "Five to ten", "More than 10", "More than 100", and "I'm outside right now" had a combined awful board vote and Power Hour. As a whole, these 4 options performed slightly better during the night vote, but they performed best during the morning vote, day vote, and SNV. Anyways, this poll was indeed quite interesting, but it was limited by having it fall on the weekend. So there were already far less people working on the day of this poll. In addition to that, a lot of east coast US voters were dealing with a nasty snow storm, which meant even less people would be at work compared to a usual weekend day. The snow storm also meant that a lot fewer people would have been outside and thus many people were staying home on the day of this poll. If this poll happened on a weekday instead, we might have seen the last 4 options perform better than usual as more people would be voting from their workplaces. Those working in retail, for example, would probably be voting for an option like "More than 10" or "More than 100" if they voted from their workplace. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! (edited 1/23/2016 10:06:32 PM)report |
LeonhartFour posted... all of a sudden I'm okay with a worst character ever contest Too bad Allen refuses to let Link win. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima Now owned by DpOblivion. |
LeonhartFour posted... all of a sudden I'm okay with a worst character ever contest We already had one in 2013. --- Got wrecked in the Guru by the dastardly DpObliVion! |
Bump --- My bracket got smashed by DpObliVion. Congrats to DpObliVion for winning the BGE15 Guru Contest! |
bump --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO DpObliVion NO PEACE] |
Today's
poll continues the trend of this specific poll consistently pulling in
much higher than average vote totals, although it's not quite up there
with the age poll when it comes to pulling in high vote totals. Today's
poll is on track to barely surpass the vote totals from the previous
time we had this poll on 8/24/2015. Tomorrow's poll will be "Which of the two current portable systems do you now own?", which should be expected to get slightly less votes than today's poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
bump --- Congratulation to DpOblivion for winning Tumblr's BGE 3 guru contest |
FFVII related poll today. However, it is another ownership poll and not a playrate poll. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
Assuming
the last option is an accurate measurement of FFVII's playrate (well,
the people that haven't played it), that means FFVII has a playrate of
67.57% at the freeze. Not too bad considering FFVII's terrible board
vote comes from early voters being more likely to have never played
FFVII. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
I
own both digital and physical copies but still have have never gotten
much past leaving Midgar. Actually, once I finish my FF8 playthrough 7
will be the only mainline game I have never finished not almost
finished. --- Ralliers' determination can't even hold a birthday candle to the blazing flame of DpOblivion's winning spirit! |
There's a reason people still love the game and its characters around here. --- Got wrecked in the Guru by the dastardly DpObliVion! |
In
yesterday's FFVII ownership poll, if you assume the last option is a
valid proxy for FFVII's playrate, then FFVII had a playrate of 72.74%
based on yesterday's poll. Although that is an ownership poll and not a
playrate poll, so it's possible someone could have played the game
without ever owning it. This could happen if you were able to play the
game because you had a friend who owned the game. It could also happen
if you played the game illegally on an emulator, since I doubt someone
who owns an illegal copy would vote that they own the game. The last time we got an actual read on FFVII's playrate, it was at 70.83% on 7/22/2009. Assuming yesterday's playrate of 72.74% was accurate, FFVII has a better playrate today than it had in 2009. The playrate increase could be the result of the polls only being voted on by long-time visitors to GameFAQs. But in 2009, we were still at our peak vote totals and this meant a lot of votes were coming from people visiting the site for the first time, some of which have never played FFVII (thus, making FFVII's playrate look worse in 2009 than in 2016). --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
Less than half of GameFAQs knows all nine FF7 characters, maybe that's a more accurate reason why Vincent sucks now. --- Got wrecked in the Guru by the dastardly DpObliVion! |
Uh no, more than half of GameFAQs knows all nine, it's almost 58%. --- No matter your determination, you will never be good enough to be both the Last Man Standing and the top Guru in 2015 like DpOblivion! |
Does anyone still really like Vincent? Genuine question. I don't think his appeal has aged well. He's got a neat character design and backstory and he's in a well-known game so I can certainly see him continuing to get apathy votes. But he's just such a non-entity in FFVII and has no real presence or importance. It doesn't make much sense to me for him to be really strong outside the context of a teenager "HE HAS GUNS AND IS SO BADASS AND DARK AND EDGY" mindset. (I haven't played Dirge of Cerberus but people don't seem to like it much so I'm not sure its existence helps Vincent much even if it fleshes him out a bit) --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO DpObliVion NO PEACE] |
I
don't think Vincent has less reason to be liked honestly, other than
Final Fantasy VII in general not being as strong as the early 2000s.
Other than a few dialogue scenes including when you get him, then yes,
he almost has no presense. Even Yuffie who's also optional has tons of
presense. Vincent is always just standing in the background. --- No matter your determination, you will never be good enough to be both the Last Man Standing and the top Guru in 2015 like DpOblivion! |
Yes,
but that's where the appeal is. Angsty teens that we are, we too hang
along on the sidelines looking kind of mad. Vicent is a lot like the
player, only a cool vampire dude who can turn into Frakenstein's
monster. Or is that just how it was for me? --- Any sound can shake the air. My voice shakes the heart! -Sho Minamimoto (edited 2/1/2016 4:11:37 PM)report |
Vincent's
whole character design is "looks cool" and the voter base has gotten
older and kinda outgrew that as a reason to like characters, especially
when there's a lot of other characters that have "looks cool" in
addition to character development that doesn't make them look like a
total weenus. --- Got wrecked in the Guru by the dastardly DpObliVion! |
Let's get Cid back in and hope he doesn't draw Mega Man in round 1. --- No matter your determination, you will never be good enough to be both the Last Man Standing and the top Guru in 2015 like DpOblivion! |
Bump --- My bracket got smashed by DpObliVion. Congrats to DpObliVion for winning the BGE15 Guru Contest! |
Not_Wylvane posted... Vincent's whole character design is "looks cool" and the voter base has gotten older and kinda outgrew that as a reason to like characters, especially when there's a lot of other characters that have "looks cool" in addition to character development that doesn't make them look like a total weenus. Yeah we moved on from "looks cool" to "looks like a Pokemon" --- http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/Rakaputra/B8%20Girls%202012/pjbas.png My bracket got DP'd |
Message From GameFAQs on 02/04/2016 Friday: Which was the best of the original 2D Super Mario Bros. games? (1/LL/2/3/W) Saturday: Same question, now in 3D Sunday: What is your all-time favorite Pokemon generation? (1-6) Monday: Which is best all-time Super Smash Bros. game? (SSB, M, B, 3W) No CT/Ocarina (Allen was not budging on this) and no 1v1s, but still pretty neat. Thanks for all the feedback in setting this up, guys. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest Congrats to DpOblivion in the guru! |
Well these are pretty good! Thanks for the effort, Ulti! --- No matter your determination, you will never be good enough to be both the Last Man Standing and the top Guru in 2015 like DpOblivion! |
Looking forward to them! --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Good job, Ulti. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO DpObliVion NO PEACE] |
It was a community effort, no need to thank me. I just sent in a feedback ticket and went and forth for like 2 weeks. I really tried for CT/Ocarina and threw a ton of info out there, but Allen's logic is if you can't tell why a poll is happening without a huge explanation, it's not worth running. I can respect that, and it was worth throwing that one out if it meant getting the other stuff. I am REALLY hyped for that Smash poll. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest Congrats to DpOblivion in the guru! |
I'm
expecting Melee to win that poll pretty easily. Smash 4 might've had a
chance if it wasn't on Wii U. It'll be somewhat funny to see how bad
Brawl does now. --- No matter your determination, you will never be good enough to be both the Last Man Standing and the top Guru in 2015 like DpOblivion! |
UltimaterializerX posted... Message From GameFAQs on 02/04/2016 So based on this, we won't be getting a Super Bowl poll on Saturday. The first time since 2010 we won't have a Super Bowl poll, although only 2011 and 2013 were the only years after 2010 that had a 1v1 Super Bowl poll. I am hoping Allen doesn't put in options for "I haven't played any of those games" because they are going to skew the results a bit if you let people vote who haven't played any of the games. As for the poll questions, did you put in a suggestion for those poll questions or were they chosen by Allen himself? --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! (edited 2/4/2016 3:37:23 PM)report |
I suggested stuff, we ended up agreeing on those after some back and forth. Also, in the "only the stats topic will care" category, I convinced him to finally let POTD searches yield more than one page of results if you get more than 50. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest Congrats to DpOblivion in the guru! |
Thanks for doing the legwork! Bummer about no 1v1s, but it should still be fun! --- Ralliers' determination can't even hold a birthday candle to the blazing flame of DpOblivion's winning spirit! |
It's
going to be harder to rally for Melee in a regular PotD, especially
because you can't vote directly from the poll results page. So any
rally attempt would be stuck linking to the homepage. Anyways, I'll be ready to track all 4 of these polls. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
UltimaterializerX posted... Also, in the "only the stats topic will care" category, I convinced him to finally let POTD searches yield more than one page of results if you get more than 50. You're welcome! --- Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 NES FAQ Completion Project: http://faqs.retronintendo.com |
UltimaterializerX posted... No CT/Ocarina (Allen was not budging on this) and no 1v1s, but still pretty neat. Thanks for all the feedback in setting this up, guys. If there was a chance for a 1v1 poll, it would involve the winner of the 2D Mario poll and the 3D Mario poll. At least there, you could set up a poll question that explains why those 2 games are specifically listed in a 1v1 poll between the best of the 2D Marios and 3D Marios. I'm also quite pleased that we're getting a Pokemon poll. It's pretty similar to what I suggested, which focused on the main games from each generation, but I'm fine with a general "what is your favorite generation" poll. UltimaterializerX posted... I really tried for CT/Ocarina and threw a ton of info out there, but Allen's logic is if you can't tell why a poll is happening without a huge explanation, it's not worth running. I can respect that, and it was worth throwing that one out if it meant getting the other stuff. I guess with CT/Ocarina, a lot of people wouldn't understand the context of that poll and the reason why that poll is taking place. For this board in general, we would know the reason behind a CT/Ocarina poll, but the larger casual audience wouldn't know why. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! (edited 2/4/2016 8:57:25 PM)report |
No best 2D mario game (yoshi's island) on the list damn --- Congratulations to DpObliVion, the 2k15 BGE Guru champ! |
Mario
3 is really starting to close in on Mario World. I was a bit worried
the poll question was screwing up the results here, but Mario 3 and
Mario World being so close together is what I would have expected in an
actual contest match. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
Devin Morgan posted... UltimaterializerX posted...Also, in the "only the stats topic will care" category, I convinced him to finally let POTD searches yield more than one page of results if you get more than 50. I keep forgetting you're an admin these days. I still remember when you were just a regular user. You have no idea how much I appreciate that poll search upgrade. Older stuff was so annoying to find before. Thanks man! --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest Congrats to DpOblivion in the guru! |
Took about 200 votes before the lost levels got 1. --- Congrats to DpObliVion for winning the guru. |
So what percentage of SMB votes would go to SMB3 oppose to SMW? --- Congrats to DpObliVion for winning the guru. |
At the freeze, Mario World is currently putting up 53.88% on Mario 3. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as DpObliVion, Guru Champ! |
Mario World has almost 50% against four NES games. I would never take Mario 3 1v1. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest Congrats to DpOblivion in the guru! |
Ya go my SMW --- Ralliers' determination can't even hold a birthday candle to the blazing flame of DpOblivion's winning spirit! |
