GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1282
- Team Aqua Elite (38)
- Board List
- Topic List
- Track Topic
- Topic Closed
ZeldaTPLink posted... Wreath posted...ZeldaTPLink posted...show hidden quote(s)I'm really happy this contest is out because I was looking for an excuse to stop thinking about the elections in my country (which are a load of BS). Oh yeah, I also can't wait for all this political hell to get over with (a great indicator: for President, both the "vote intentions" and "candidate rejection" polls are led by the same guy, who is so despicable that during a rally he got stabbed). Most of it might be solved on Sunday, but to think the incessant political flaming, online or not, only ends on the 28th, is disheartening. In the meantime, the only thing harder than picking a candidate is finishing my bracket. Even checking the Top 100 most popular games on the site right now isn't helping! ALL HAIL! King of the losers! |
Wreath posted... ZeldaTPLink posted...This is the kind of thing I'm gonna wait to see the Guru to decide on. If I'm the only one banking on Mewtwo I might drop it. I have a bigger mission which is to use a guru nomination and get Marina Lightyears into a contest. Until then I must play to win. |
ZeldaTPLink posted... Wreath posted...ZeldaTPLink posted...show hidden quote(s)This is the kind of thing I'm gonna wait to see the Guru to decide on. If I'm the only one banking on Mewtwo I might drop it. Let's put it this way There's so many contest stat veterans who still haven't won a contest They may get top 50 or even top 30 but playing it too safe wont get you the win ISFJ Big on Visual Novels, Anime, Video games. Twitter: superange128 Planned 2018 Fighting Game Mains: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgH4MCHVMAAKV9l.png |
I mean you don't have to win the contest to win the Guru |
NowItsAngeTime posted... ZeldaTPLink posted...Wreath posted...show hidden quote(s)ZeldaTPLink posted...This is the kind of thing I'm gonna wait to see the Guru to decide on. If I'm the only one banking on Mewtwo I might drop it. Last contest I went turbo-cookie and almost won the Guru. So cookie ahoy. |
ZeldaTPLink posted... NowItsAngeTime posted...ZeldaTPLink posted...show hidden quote(s)Wreath posted...ZeldaTPLink posted...This is the kind of thing I'm gonna wait to see the Guru to decide on. If I'm the only one banking on Mewtwo I might drop it. Last contest was also the most predictable of all time with 0 rallies I consider contests like those and Rivalry Rumble exceptions Pretty much contests with actual debatable matches matter Also you almost won, but didn't win. ISFJ Big on Visual Novels, Anime, Video games. Twitter: superange128 Planned 2018 Fighting Game Mains: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgH4MCHVMAAKV9l.png (edited 10/3/2018 3:09:27 PM) |
The
way I see, winning the contest isn't normally achievable because
someone will pick the right rally and get all the finals points from it.
The only way of winning myself is guessing the right rally, but that's
lottery, and lottery isn't fun. Winning the Guru while ignoring rallies is perfectly achievable, though. Usually what happens is that everyone is screwed up together. |
NowItsAngeTime posted... ZeldaTPLink posted...NowItsAngeTime posted...show hidden quote(s)ZeldaTPLink posted...Wreath posted...ZeldaTPLink posted...This is the kind of thing I'm gonna wait to see the Guru to decide on. If I'm the only one banking on Mewtwo I might drop it. If I'm evaluating a strategy then "almost winning" is a very useful parameter. |
Like the difference between this and years is that it will have 10-20 very debatable matches instead of 2-3. But going crazy on all of them isn't statistically likely to give me the win. Going cookie and then managing to guess the few select upsets that happen does. I recently won a betting thing for world cup because I did exactly that. I picked all the results I considered the most likely, not upsets for the sake of upsets. |
Oh
hey, today is the 12 year anniversary of the universe imploding when
Phoenix Wright broke GFNW. And just last night we learned that Gordon
would lose in R1 for the first time since that fateful day.. darkx |
Mewtwo is my favorite. I’d rather pick him and be wrong. Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest http://www.twitch.tv/ultimaterializerx ; https://imgur.com/dsnL40n |
Tag. Jeez guys, 200 posts in less than 24 hours. That's quite a record. Here lies the sig of BK_Sheikah00, who swore fealty to the Gurus of Board 8. |
Not even close, the stats topics is just way more active when there's actually a bracket or a contest in progress to talk about. For the actual record, I think I've heard mention of 6 stats topics filled during Kefka/Vercetti? I also remember us going through several during Link/Draven and Undertale/Melee. [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO BKSheikah NO PEACE] (edited 10/3/2018 6:51:06 PM) |
ViviffTheMobile posted... Bowser rides Bowsette strangely deep ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima BKSheikah won Guru, but you know that. |
AxemRedRanger posted... Not even close, the stats topics is just way more active when there's actually a bracket or a contest in progress to talk about. Yes, Kefka/Vercetti (a round 1 match between two scrubs) took up six topics, but we also had insta-updates. We were crazy about these contests in the early updates regardless. that was the match that brought an end to insta-updates actually |
Yeah my bracket gets pretty cookie at the end because I'm not picking with rallies in mind. I don't like it. Submit your bracket for the GameFAQs Character Battle X contest!: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/cbx |
Advokaiser posted... Tag. record low for bracket time? yeah seems like it |
So guys When are we having the Guru |
Just
had a quick glance through before I shower and head to work, but D.Va
strikes me as having a very interesting bracket placement. Also, how much do we fear Sans? Besides the latent Undertale strength, he's probably the only character in that game that isn't completely lame. BKSheikah, my hat is off to you. Welcome to the Guru Champions Club lol xstats |
I've got him losing in Round 1 and feel pretty confident about it. Submit your bracket for the GameFAQs Character Battle X contest!: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/cbx |
I wonder if there will be anti-voting on Sans because of 2015. Or does this board like Undertale more than it hates it? I have him getting as far as round 3 but could change my mind. (edited 10/4/2018 5:50:05 AM) |
ZeldaTPLink posted... I wonder if there will be anti-voting on Sans because of 2015. Or does this board like Undertale more than it hates it? Sans is like cloud or any final fantasy character to me. I may have some of then advancing but I will anti vote without question. Even if it means losing everything. Someone has to be the hero board 8 needs The hands of god, decrepit and thin, Cold caress and then nothing |
Didn't Allen tell us which matches in 2013 would have been flipped if it was only up to registered voters or something? |
Oh hey, Draven's in. Draven's in... Yikes. (Actually, it might have been discussed earlier, but there are lots of meme-potential characters. Draven, Monika, Sans, D.Va, L-Block [not as much as way back in the day, but still]. Also, what's up with Bowser fear? Is this a meme I've missed?) Here lies the sig of BK_Sheikah00, who swore fealty to the Gurus of Board 8. |
Bowsette fear ... |
I have to congratulate the guys that managed to get Metal Sonic and Metal Man in. This shows their dedication and I admire that. But if they were able to get in with more than a 16 seed, I wonder how many actual nominations were needed to get a character in. Eighteen nominations for Michell Bollinger (from KP) wasn't enough, although that wasn't a character with a rally back-up. Same thing for Hector, when even if that was a relatively more recognizable character, having traded for him, it still wasn't enough. Here lies the sig of BK_Sheikah00, who swore fealty to the Gurus of Board 8. |
Guile
got a 15 seed and had never been in a contest before, while even Ken
failed to make a 243-character bracket in 2013, so it's probably safe to
assume Guile's non-board 8 support is minimal. If you add up the people
who confirmed nominating him in the survey/census topic as well as the
NRT confirmation topic who aren't repeats of the survey posters (if
anyone saved the lists?), you'd probably get kinda close to the minimum
number. And this was in a contest where the 8 "Legends" got removed from
the main bracket, so a more standard set-up would have Guile as a
16-seed. [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO BKSheikah NO PEACE] (edited 10/4/2018 11:37:22 AM) |
Yeah. Ryu, Chun-Li and Guile in with Ken out is really weird. Here lies the sig of BK_Sheikah00, who swore fealty to the Gurus of Board 8. |
I
think Chun-Li has moved up to number two within the fanbase. It would
at least be close. Guile has been considered to be the strongest Street
Fighter character to have never been in a contest, though I would like
to see M. Bison return once more. Congratulations to BKSheikah for winning the guru |
Advokaiser posted... I have to congratulate the guys that managed to get Metal Sonic and Metal Man in. This shows their dedication and I admire that. thank you! by my count Metal Sonic had between 55-60 nominations I was shilling on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook and LUELinks though. Not everyone told me they actually did it but post statistics showed I got a couple hundred views on social media across all platforms so SOME people must have nommed. Enough to get him a 5 seed over the Guru pick, Sully, who ended up a 6 seed. Curator of the Character Battle X Archive https://bit.ly/2NEbCdA |
Advokaiser posted... I have to congratulate the guys that managed to get Metal Sonic and Metal Man in. This shows their dedication and I admire that. Appreciate it! Metal Man had forty nominations by my count for a 13-seed. Nominate METAL MAN for 20XX! https://imgur.com/Dr4NAeq |
Advokaiser posted... Yeah. Ryu, Chun-Li and Guile in with Ken out is really weird. Ken's gonna be announced for smash during the contest too |
Chun-Li got that Nicki Minaj boost maybe when someone names a song after Ken he'll be in a contest again For your BK_Sheikah00. At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza |
Ken's face is nsfw all his match pics would be censored 2 line break(s), 160 characters allowed |
I think Ken, Chun-Li, and Akuma at bare minimum are stronger than Guile. Maybe Bison, Cammy, and Vega, too. He was an odd choice for the NRT. |
It's a relic for when Guile's Theme Goes With Everything was a meme. Plus he tends to finish fourth in the favourite Street Fighter II character poll (Behind Ryu, Chun-Li and Ken). Though if it comes down to it I doubt Blanka or Vega are much different strength-wise Congratulations to BKSheikah for winning the guru |
guile as main in the 90's cartoon and the live-action movie HYPE! though bison probably outdoes guile in both? I don't know I've never seen either I just know he's like "YES!" in the former and "for me it was Tuesday" in the latter. [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] [NO BKSheikah NO PEACE] (edited 10/4/2018 2:52:42 PM) |
It
sucks Guile got wasted. He definitely could have won a match or two.
Also does anyone have a list of all the newcomers? Just wondering who
the strongest ones are. |
Newcomers 2B Aloy Aqua Captain Toad Cayde-6 Chloe Price Cuphead D. Va Estelle Bright Geralt Godot Goro Majima Guile Hat Kid Isabelle James Sunderland Joel Kazuma Kiryu King K. Rool Metal Man Metal Sonic Monika Monokuma Neptune Noctis Lucis Caelum Primrose Quiet Ren Amamiya Richter Belmont Rosalina Sans Shantae Shovel Knight Velvet Crowe Victor Sullivan I don't count rivalry rumble so K. Rool is here. In total we have 35 newcomers. Congratulations to BKSheikah for winning the guru |
That's
a whole bunch of newcomers (around 1/4 of the bracket)! Not surprising,
though, since 5 years of hiatus is enough to have a lot of fresh
material. I'm so happy to see Shantae in. I never imagined she would have a shot at getting in, so I didn't even bother nominating her. That's gotta be the nicest surprise for me. Oh, and I would've liked to see a Simon vs. Richter match. I know Simon would win no doubt, but it would've been cool either way. Here lies the sig of BK_Sheikah00, who swore fealty to the Gurus of Board 8. |
Yeah,
15/35 didn't exist in 2013 while a few others are here due to new
releases after being in games no one cared about (or were announced in
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate). Congratulations to BKSheikah for winning the guru (edited 10/5/2018 9:07:11 AM) |
Advokaiser posted... Oh, and I would've liked to see a Simon vs. Richter match. I know Simon would win no doubt, but it would've been cool either way. SFF matches are not fun. Don't give Allen any ideas. No contest entry for me, as I share my house with another Board 8 user. |
charmander,
are you going to do the BOP? It would be nice to get a sample of the
board's opinion on the debatable matches before the contest starts. "Ah,
a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is
a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." |
Haste_2 posted... charmander, are you going to do the BOP? It would be nice to get a sample of the board's opinion on the debatable matches before the contest starts. Well the Guru will assumedly be up by bracket lockdown ISFJ Big on Visual Novels, Anime, Video games. Twitter: superange128 Planned 2018 Fighting Game Mains: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgH4MCHVMAAKV9l.png |
Sadly now isn't a good time for me. If anyone else wants to do it they are welcome. Congratulations to BKSheikah for winning the guru |
charmander6000 posted... Sadly now isn't a good time for me. If anyone else wants to do it they are welcome. You generally did it through spreadsheets correct? If I were to my own version I'd probably do Google Spreadsheets just so it's easier to make publicly editable and I dont have to upload a new version. ISFJ Big on Visual Novels, Anime, Video games. Twitter: superange128 Planned 2018 Fighting Game Mains: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgH4MCHVMAAKV9l.png |
The last few contests were through Google spreadsheets, but pretty much. Congratulations to BKSheikah for winning the guru |
hmm alright, If I do it it'll likely be started tonight. I think you usually do an easy vote form which I'll try to replicate ISFJ Big on Visual Novels, Anime, Video games. Twitter: superange128 Planned 2018 Fighting Game Mains: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgH4MCHVMAAKV9l.png |
I could do it myself, though only on Monday. |
NowItsAngeTime posted... hmm alright, If I do it it'll likely be started tonight. If you want to make it easier on people you can have them go to their entry page, right click and select "View Page Source", copy it and paste it into https://jsfiddle.net/, run the code and click save. They can then post the link instead of writing down all their picks. They would still have to tell you their winner, though you could just go through the code and see who they picked in battle 150 Here an example of my bracket https://jsfiddle.net/fhLvgkda/ Congratulations to BKSheikah for winning the guru |
Report Message
Terms of Use Violations:
Etiquette Issues:
Add user to Ignore List after reporting
Topic Sticky
Update Topic Flair
- Team Aqua Elite (38)
- Board List
- Topic List
- Track Topic
- Topic Closed