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Let's go pop!

"I'll have a Coke."

"What kind, sir?"

"Pepsi."

That is the stupidest thing ever.

pronouncemyname posted...

Let's go pop!

get out

_SecretSquirrel posted...

"I'll have a Coke."

"What kind, sir?"

"Pepsi."

That is the stupidest thing ever.

The South is great for many things. Clarity is not always one of them.

seems clear enough to me

Only if the Coke is Sprite.

Poll updates and trend charts from the past 2 days:

Wake Up Poll - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DP51bo59vlY5c_W2LCtpWi6D7Yre7o4QwKjmAH0pbfY/pub?gid=4
Bedtime Poll - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SvhBLOhp9whj9c5ijd9oQ5_NCvDSKBLNqmntEDNFBhs/pub?gid=4

Trends were fairly expected here. Most of the options perform best in their own separate hour, but there are some hours where 2 or more options perform best.

I created these images which compare the trends from the 2017 poll to the same version of the poll which happened back in 2014.

Wake Up Poll Trend Comparison - http://i.imgur.com/CJIwqPj.png
Bedtime Poll Trend Comparison - http://i.imgur.com/ArfYMho.png

Both of the 2017 polls happened on a weekend, while the 2014 polls happened on a weekday. The best hour for each option is highlighted in orange.

I compared the trends between both versions of the poll by using the hourly trends to calculate the difference between the best hour and worst hour for every single option.

In the first image (the Wake Up Poll), we can see that the trends were more extreme in the 2014 poll which happened on a weekday compared to the 2017 poll which happened on the weekend. 7 out of the 10 options had more extreme trends in weekday poll. Before 5:00 AM, 10:00-10:59 AM, and 11:00-11:59 AM showed more extreme trends in a weekend poll. The weekend poll had much more diluted trends than the weekday poll, but they were still present in the weekend poll to some extent.

However, the second image (the Bedtime Poll) was much different and showed similar trends regardless if the poll happened on a weekday or a weekend. It seems like the Wake Up Poll is far more interesting than the Bedtime Poll in terms of trends.


The final thing I tried to do was compare the 2012 Wake Up Poll (a Sunday Poll) to the 2017 Wake Up Poll (a Saturday Poll) to see if the 2 separate "weekend" days have any noticeable differences in trends. This image compares the difference between a Sunday Poll and a Saturday Poll:

http://i.imgur.com/RmjrGoD.png

To my surprise, trends were more extreme in the Saturday Poll than the Sunday Poll. Despite both Saturday and Sunday being "weekend" days, there were differences in their trends. Poll trends are most extreme in weekday polls, followed by Saturday polls second, while Sunday polls have the least extreme trends.

HaRRicH posted...

_SecretSquirrel posted...

"I'll have a Coke."

"What kind, sir?"

"Pepsi."

That is the stupidest thing ever.

The South is great for many things. Clarity is not always one of them.

The south is good for just about nothing honestly

I'd like to argue the point, but you said "honestly" so I guess you know what you're talking about.

HaRRicH posted...

I'd like to argue the point, but you said "honestly" so I guess you know what you're talking about.

Well good food I suppose but it's the bible belt so whatever positives the south has is severely outweighed by the clear negative.

good talk

We should have a soda contest, complete with aggressive gerrymandering. The rules are that the districts must be Connected, meaning that you must be able to go from any part of a district to any other part of that district without crossing any other district.

I guess Gamefaqs doesn't break down votes by county/town so we can't really do this, but I wonder if we ran this on Facebook or something if there would be a way to gerrymander the districts so that something other than "soda" won.

heck yeah NBA Jam Tournament Edition

biggest omission

Poll updates and trend charts from yesterday's poll:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CNcfj7wlvQAFDv523aduPQNJrjkgDmvOslUPqxjFp3g/pub?gid=4

Coke's worst time period was the Power Hour and performs best during the ASV. Overall, this was the most consistent option of the major options in this poll.

Cola has much more pronounced trends than Coke. It has a god awful board vote and SNV, and a bad Power Hour. The best time period was the night vote and morning vote.

Fizzy Drink has an awful board vote, Power Hour, and SNV. The night vote and morning vote was the best time period, and the ASV was below average.

Pop has a below average board vote and Power Hour and a bad night vote. It has a good morning vote and ASV, while the SNV was the best time period. Pop's percentage maxed out at 18.52% (12:50 AM), losing a total of 2.30% after that point to reach its minimum percentage of 16.22% at 5:35 AM. Then it gains a total of 2.46% over the rest of the poll to finish with a final percentage of 18.68%.

Soda performs best during the board vote and Power Hour. Once the night vote starts, Soda begins losing strength over the course of the night vote until it hits rock bottom during the dead zone (4:00-6:00 AM). Soda begins to recover from the awful night vote when the morning vote kicks in. Soda has a good morning vote and ASV, but even that was only slightly above average relative to the final percentage. Compared to the morning vote and early ASV, Soda does perform better during the last 5 hours of the poll due to Europe going to sleep. Even then, the SNV couldn't quite match up to the really strong Power Hour. Soda lost a huge amount of percentage in this poll, going from 58.58% at 12:10 AM to 46.13% at 9:55 AM (a loss of 12.45%). From 9:55 AM where Soda had 46.13%, it gained a total of 1.76% to finish with a final percentage of 47.89%.

Soft Drink performs best during the board vote, Power Hour, night vote, and early morning vote. It performs worst during the morning vote and ASV. These trends are heavily influenced by the voting preferences of Australia and New Zealand, which means Soft Drink is able to perform slightly better during the SNV (vs. ASV) as these voters get a second chance to vote in this poll if they haven't already voted.

Other performs worst during the board vote, Power Hour, ASV, and SNV. It performs best during the night vote and morning vote.


Over the history of this poll, I've noticed that Soda's percentage has increased in every single poll it's been in. This change has come from Soda's US percentage increasing at the same time. History of Soda's US percentage - 7/20/2009 - 55.59%, 4/29/2010 - 57.06%, 5/7/2012 - 60.10%, 6/26/2017 - 65.51%

A similar trend exists in Canada, but for Pop instead and increasing at a much slower rate compared to Soda for the US. History of Canada's Pop percentage - 7/20/2009 - 55.30%, 4/29/2010 - 55.86%, 5/7/2012 - 57.45%, 6/26/2017 - 58.98%

In the 2017 soda poll, Soda had a US percentage of 73.84% when the poll maps first went live shortly after 12:13 AM (when the poll reached 500 votes). This percentage decreased to 69.63% at 1:00 AM, 68.81% at 6:00 AM, and 66.37% at 12:00 PM. The final US percentage was 65.51%. We already know from the age polls that the early voters have the youngest voters on average and the morning vote has the oldest voters on average. Soda's US percentage over the course of the poll suggests that younger voters are more biased towards Soda while older voters are less likely to favor Soda here.

Best part about the south, outside the food, is what "bless your heart" actually means.

What does it mean? I always took it as something negative

the reason they want to bless your heart is because your heart is full of stupidity

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It always spins more than I think it will.

heck yeah Sonic Mania

Holy s***, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is getting destroyed in today's poll:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6760-

It looks really bad considering it's losing to a FFXII remaster and Destiny 2 as well.

further proof that Rabbids would do terribly in a contest

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is now losing to 6 different games in this poll - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Metroid: Samus Returns, Sonic Mania, and Splatoon 2

That's a really awful performance here. Just how bad do you have to be to lose to Destiny 2 of all games? I know this isn't the original Destiny we're dealing with, a game that got fodderized by Starcraft in the last Games Contest, but this is more embarrassing than I originally thought.

I know previous Rabbids games have fared poorly in both critic reviews and perception from actual gamers themselves, but you'd think the Mario name would help make up for the poor showing of previous games in the Rabbids series. Having Mario on your side lessens the margin for error if you want to produce a good game.

I suspect Nintendo fans would rather play Metroid so there might be some SFF. It also doesn't help that Ubisoft is the one making the game.

ya go my remakes

Also Switch userbase is still pretty small and Splatoon 2 is splitting the vote there.

Plus first possibly good Metroid game in forever and a remake to the last FF game to really need one, including the much-praised gameplay overhaul that's finally officially available to US audiences, and several series with small-yet-dedicated fanbases (on GameFAQs anyway as far as Destiny and modern Sonic are concerned)...it's not too shocking.

Ownership rates don't really matter when it comes to games you're looking forward to.

I mean, I love Mario. It's one of my favorite series.

I don't care about this Rabbids game.

Not_Wylvane posted...

Also Switch userbase is still pretty small and Splatoon 2 is splitting the vote there.

This is a good point you brought up, I didn't consider this at first. Looks like Mario + Rabbids is suffering some LFF due to the presence of Splatoon 2. That combined with the low ownership of the Switch severely limits how high Mario + Rabbids could have gone in this poll.

Polls for the next several days:

7/1/2017 - I don't know. Probably an original poll idea.
7/2/2017 - Got 3DS?
7/3/2017 - Got Vita?
7/4/2017 - Got PlayStation 4?
7/5/2017 - Got Xbox One?
7/6/2017 - Got Switch?
7/7/2017 - Got a gaming-quality PC?
7/8/2017 - Got Tablet?
7/9/2017 - Got Smartphone?

More "Got Console?" polls coming up again.

Very interesting poll today. I guess I'll track it to see if there are any interesting trends.

Early Geolocation results are now up. Looks like Pound Sign is doing really well in the US, with a percentage of 50.65% right now despite the worldwide percentage being at 45.45%. Number Sign is outright winning in Canada, though.

We could be in for some interesting overnight trends.

Poll updates and trend charts for yesterday's poll:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17hD1x5dS9w7bqR1BkUHPmUjx_8JBzTIxsz6G8RhEvjE/pub?gid=394477375

"Hash" and "Hashtag" both have relatively similar trends - Awful board vote and Power Hour, strong night vote and early morning vote, and terrible day vote and SNV. Once both "Hash" and "Hashtag" begin dropping off after the morning vote kicks in, both options maintain relatively stable trends for the rest of the poll after 10:00 AM. The difference between the 2 options is where they get their strength from. "Hash" gets most of its support from the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, while having above average support in other countries outside the US/Canada. "Hashtag" performs best in mainland Europe, an area where "Hash" does not put up the monster numbers seen in places like the UK or Australia. Both options failed to win a single hour over "Pound Sign", probably as a result of fighting for control of the night vote here.

"Number Sign" performs best during the board vote and Power Hour and worst during the night vote and early morning vote, but its day vote never approaches the same strength it had during the Power Hour. At one point in this poll, "Number Sign" built up a lead of 315 votes over "Hashtag" at 2:55 AM. "Hashtag" attempted to cut into this lead, but only cut a maximum of 180 votes off the lead to bring it down to 135 at 7:45 AM before "Number Sign" started pulling away again. "Number Sign" lost a total of 8.74% in this poll, going from 30.43% at 12:10 AM to 21.69% at 12:05 PM, and then gains just 0.57% to finish the poll with 22.26%.

"Pound Sign" has a strong board vote and Power Hour, but performs worst during the night vote and early morning vote. Unlike "Number Sign", it actually has a strong day vote and SNV on par with its Power Hour. "Pound Sign" went from a maximum percentage of 45.67% at 12:20 AM to 36.54% at 7:55 AM, losing a total of 9.13% before it started gaining percentage again. From its minimum percentage of 36.54%, "Pound Sign" gains a total of 4.29% to finish the poll with a final percentage of 40.83%.

"Sharp" and "Other" both have similar trends - Bad board vote, Power Hour, day vote, and SNV. Both of them perform best during the night vote and early morning vote. "Sharp" appears to get its strength from mainland Europe and a few countries in Asia like the Philippines, Thailand, and Japan. "Other" gets its strength only from mainland Europe, it seems.


Over the course of this poll, here were the changes in percentages from the US:

Hashtag - 14.39% at 12:12 AM, 14.12% at 1:00 AM, 14.54% at 6:00 AM, 14.20% at 9:00 AM, 13.53% at 12:00 PM
Number Sign - 29.55% at 12:12 AM, 25.83% at 1:00 AM, 25.41% at 6:00 AM, 24.58% at 9:00 AM, 23.29% at 12:00 PM
Pound Sign - 49.49% at 12:12 AM, 53.16% at 1:00 AM, 53.30% at 6:00 AM, 54.93% at 9:00 AM, 57.07% at 12:00 PM

The final percentages were fairly close to the percentages at 12:00 PM. So this explains why "Pound Sign" had a day vote and SNV that was roughly on par with its Power Hour. The morning vote has the oldest voters on average and this trend shift shows older voters are more biased towards "Pound Sign" compared to "Number Sign" or "Hashtag". Younger voters were more biased towards "Number Sign" instead.

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As someone who's English is his second language, never in my life had I heard the expression "Pound Sign". In Spanish, "gato" (the equivalent of "tic-tac-toe") is the most common use for it, I think mainly for practical purposes (i.e. when you're going to leave a voice mail and the female voice says: "Dial the gato button when you're finished."). I personally call it "Signo de Numero" (Number Sign), even if it takes longer to say.

Same goes for half the answers on the soda poll. For example, I know that "Coke" is the shortened version of "Coca-Cola", but I've never heard of a soda being called a "pop" by anyone, ever (wait... maybe while playing Final Fight 2... I don't remember).

I think Pound Sign is mainly focused around phone use, like when you call automated numbers that tell you to press 1, 2, Pound, etc. for options.

# is different things in different situations.

After 3 days of "Got Console?" polls, here's an update on our ownership of various systems:

3DS ownership increases to 72.69% and surpasses the DS's all-time high ownership record of 72.14%. The 3DS surpassed the DS on the 6 year anniversary of the DS reaching its highest ownership on this site.

Vita ownership decreases slightly to 38.37%. I think it's the end of the line for the Vita on this site. Looks like the Vita won't even break 40% ownership before Sony discontinues the system. The PSP was able to break 50% ownership on this site, but the Vita probably won't break 40%.

PlayStation 4 ownership increases to 65.70% and has done so very quietly. Although the PS4 has outperformed the PS3 at the 3 1/2 year mark in their respective life cycles, the PS4 has built up a rather large ownership with little fanfare. I don't really see people talking about the PS4 like it's the best thing ever, so it's impressive the PS4 has such a high ownership on this site.


Ownership spreadsheet with past results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iMtyUuzmT5ggmYy-xbiGf7fcloXuhkQuu4ZIC2nGI4M/pub

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only 3 pages of topics now what the heck

just when you think it can't get any lower

Xbox One ownership decreases very slightly to 26.17%. Normally I would think that it's a bad thing if the Xbox One actually had a decrease in ownership compared to the previous poll, but it's still somewhat early in the current generation and some people might be holding off their purchase to get the Xbox One X later this year.

Switch ownership increases to 28.38%. At the 4 month mark into the Wii's life cycle, it had 42.79% ownership where as the Switch only has 28.38% after the same point in time. I don't buy the excuse of the Switch shortages handcuffing its ownership on this site right now, as the Wii had the same problem when it released, and yet the Wii's ownership was about 14% higher than the Switch at the 4 month mark. The Wii and Switch both launched with a Zelda game on 2 different systems and the Switch currently has a better game library than the Wii had at the 4 month mark, and yet it's not being reflected in the Switch's ownership. Price might be affecting things somewhat, as the Switch launch price was $50 more than the Wii.


Updated ownership spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iMtyUuzmT5ggmYy-xbiGf7fcloXuhkQuu4ZIC2nGI4M/pub

pjbasis posted...

only 3 pages of topics now what the heck

3 pages too many

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For the first time since the 4/6/2010 poll, iPhone ownership has actually gone down in relation to the previous "Smartphone" poll. iPhone ownership managed to increase its ownership in 15 consecutive polls, even though it was easily the underdog to the Android over the course of those polls.

The first time we ever got a read on the Android's ownership was a poll from 4/17/2011. Since that poll, the Android's ownership has increased in every single poll (a total of 12 polls) after that first poll. There's probably an upper limit to how much higher the Android can increase its ownership as I don't expect it to eat into the iPhone's ownership. Any increase in the Android's ownership will come from sucking the life out of the Windows Phone option, "other smartphone" option, and the non-smartphone option. There's probably still room for the non-smartphone option to decrease even farther, but I think there will always be a very small percentage of extreme traditionalists that will refuse to embrace the future and give up their non-smartphone to join the smartphone crowd.

Among the major last generation consoles, the PS3 has had the least decline in ownership relative to its highest recorded ownership, while the Xbox 360 had the most severe decline. The Wii falls somewhere in the middle between the Xbox 360 and PS3 in terms of its ownership loss relative to its highest recorded ownership.

Wii U's ownership declined very slightly. It's also the first Wii U ownership poll since the 7/9/2016 poll, as there wasn't a Wii U poll at the end of 2016 to see whether the Wii U would have broken 50% ownership. But looking at the results of yesterday's Wii U poll, it seems obvious the Wii U wouldn't have broken 50% ownership. Yesterday's Wii U poll is also interesting to see what percentage of the site either the Wii U or Switch alone, or both systems. The big surprise has to be more than half of Wii U owners not getting on board with the Switch yet. After all, the people who bought a Wii U are probably diehard Nintendo fans, the type who would be extremely likely to buy a Switch. The percentage of people who have a Switch, but not a Wii U isn't really a surprise here since people who didn't buy a Wii U are probably a lot more skeptical of Nintendo as a whole and want to see a larger library of games for the Switch before they get on board with the system.


The ownership spreadsheet has been updated with the latest poll results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iMtyUuzmT5ggmYy-xbiGf7fcloXuhkQuu4ZIC2nGI4M/pub

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RIP George Romero, famed horror movie legend and the most famous vote stuffer in GameFAQs Contests history.

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Bump.

Mid-2017 update: Strongest New Character?

Someone from Persona 5. Morgana maybe?