Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1319 GameFAQs Contests

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what is up with the mega man franchise and close matches this contest

Except for Zero who got the literal most boring predictable path imaginable

garetha200 posted...

Except for Zero who got the literal most boring predictable path imaginable

There were some that thought he could beat Pikachu/Yoshi, though.

augh so much regret about picking Zero > Pikachu

Yuri, do you like Crono?

Samus is the clear #2 on this site.

FinalFantasyVll posted...

Yuri, do you like Crono?

Who are you talking to?

Its relative. Top 10 isn't a great performance for MM's standards when he has literally always been top 10.

1) MM was above Crono in 2013
2) MM just recently got MM11
3) MM is in Smash Ultimate which is on day 3 of release and Crono is not

Its pretty bad for MM to lose to Crono under these conditions

You’re forgetting crono is stronger than MM outright right now. Makes sense with low votals. So MM maybe is being boosted. Just not enough to beat Crono.

Luigiman59 posted...

Samus is the clear #2 on this site.

Indirectly yes.

As proven by today Zelda is on a bandwagon and will most likely lose to samus if they meet.

Yuri_LowelI posted...

You’re forgetting crono is stronger than MM outright right now. Makes sense with low votals. So MM maybe is being boosted. Just not enough to beat Crono.

I mean its possible, but Crono didn't really look that impressive failing to break 55 on Bowser and barely cracking 43 on Cloud. Remember Megaman was 5th in the (lol) X-stats in 2013. I find it hard to believe MM boosted and still lost to Crono here, seems more likely MM just didn't boost.

Yuri_LowelI posted...

FinalFantasyVll posted...

Yuri, do you like Crono?

Who are you talking to?

Its relative. Top 10 isn't a great performance for MM's standards when he has literally always been top 10.

1) MM was above Crono in 2013
2) MM just recently got MM11
3) MM is in Smash Ultimate which is on day 3 of release and Crono is not

Its pretty bad for MM to lose to Crono under these conditions

You’re forgetting crono is stronger than MM outright right now. Makes sense with low votals. So MM maybe is being boosted. Just not enough to beat Crono.

I was talking to you.

So how the hell can you explain why Snake did better on Zelda than Mario, but is getting blown up by Samus?? Zelda must be boosting in between rounds or there is some weird hierarchy going on.

some people were saying Crono is defying his trends this match

he isnt really all that much. Crono is no longer significantly weaker in the day. just look at his two matches against Bowser, he held his percentage almost entirely. in 2010 (i think that was the year he faced Bowser before this?) he fell like a rock from 62% all the way down to 57%

Yes Zelda likely caught a bandwagon.

Also it seems either Crono got stronger since last contest somehow, or Magus leeched him pretty badly in 2013. Or Pikachu is weaker somehow, which could be possible.

Jman_maximum posted...

in 2010 (i think that was the year he faced Bowser before this?) he fell like a rock from 62% all the way down to 57%

2006

but yeah the trends are different this year because of the starting time and lower vote totals anyway

jacko_vdz posted...

So how the hell can you explain why Snake did better on Zelda than Mario, but is getting blown up by Samus?? Zelda must be boosting in between rounds or there is some weird hierarchy going on.

I think the best explanation is that Zelda beat Snake via natural strength and then used Hentai rallies to beat Mario.

Hentai Zelda > Mario > Zelda > Snake

Then hentai rally spillover into Samus today.

https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/x/user/cloud-f-ulti-6.png
https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/x/user/cloud-b-ulti-6.png

https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/x/user/crono-f-squirrel-6.png
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https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/x/user/mario-f-ulti-6.png
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https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/x/user/samus-f-squirrel-6.png

Coming up blank on Samus's background with everyone I know, so it's either someone I'm just spacing on or it's a first timer this season.

Also not seeing any new Mega Man submissions, so it looks like Allen has called this match.

Gee whiz, those hentai rallies for Crono have really sealed this match up, huh?

Strange that yet again Mega Man shows the same trends as X against Tifa, but it remains the received knowledge that Tifa won with hentai rallies. And now we talk of Zelda winning with the same method.

I could write a fair discourse on why the antiquated board 8/stats topic uses hentai and TJF to rationalise female characters winning close matches against their established order, but it would take too much time and I can't be bothered so I will just say... lol board 8

Crono's ability to pull out mini rallies for these clutch wins throughout the years is always a wonderful thing to witness.

Denzokuken posted...

really sealed this match up, huh?

Strange that yet again Mega Man shows the same trends as X against Tifa, but it remains the received knowledge that Tifa won with hentai rallies. And now we talk of Zelda winning with the same method.

I could write a fair discourse on why the antiquated board 8/stats topic uses hentai and TJF to rationalise female characters winning close matches against their established order, but it would take too much time and I can't be bothered so I will just say... lol board 8

To be fair, there are rallies topics with hundreds of upvotes.
Now, they might not convert into votes but if you have the choice between a boring and a funny explanation, you should pick the funny one.

Averia posted...

Denzokuken posted...

really sealed this match up, huh?

Strange that yet again Mega Man shows the same trends as X against Tifa, but it remains the received knowledge that Tifa won with hentai rallies. And now we talk of Zelda winning with the same method.

I could write a fair discourse on why the antiquated board 8/stats topic uses hentai and TJF to rationalise female characters winning close matches against their established order, but it would take too much time and I can't be bothered so I will just say... lol board 8

To be fair, there are rallies topics with hundreds of upvotes.
Now, they might not convert into votes but if you have the choice between a boring and a funny explanation, you should pick the funny one.

Yeah, we won't know this is the case unless Allen decides to come forth with the traffic stats, but it's not like there isn't evidence of hentai rallies for Tifa and Zelda at all.

The Chrono Trigger day vote once again seals a victory for the franchise.

Wait...

Yuri....

Answer damnit.

I want to know for your sig.

Do you like the character Crono?

Averia posted...

Denzokuken posted...

really sealed this match up, huh?

Strange that yet again Mega Man shows the same trends as X against Tifa, but it remains the received knowledge that Tifa won with hentai rallies. And now we talk of Zelda winning with the same method.

I could write a fair discourse on why the antiquated board 8/stats topic uses hentai and TJF to rationalise female characters winning close matches against their established order, but it would take too much time and I can't be bothered so I will just say... lol board 8

To be fair, there are rallies topics with hundreds of upvotes.
Now, they might not convert into votes but if you have the choice between a boring and a funny explanation, you should pick the funny one.

I don't know, I wouldn't find boring discussions about why female characters are more popular now, or how Zelda's role in Breath of the Wild elevated her status.

The Owner of FF9 posted...

female characters are more popular now

Me Too + Hentai rallies

The Owner of FF9 posted...

Zelda's role in Breath of the Wild elevated her status.

This is a good question. She's still damsel in distress, just with a little more personality.

i think people are overrating the effect of Zelda's "role" on BotW

BotW itself made Link and Zelda much stronger, just by existing and being one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time. it doesn't really matter what they do in the story. most of it is fully optional anyways. do you think most players got all the memories?

Jman_maximum posted...

i think people are overrating the effect of Zelda's "role" on BotW

BotW itself made Link and Zelda much stronger, just by existing and being one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time. it doesn't really matter what they do in the story. most of it is fully optional anyways. do you think most players got all the memories?

Then why isn't Ganon through the roof as well? I mean, this is GameFAQs. This site lives to help people do stuff like get all the memories.

Jman_maximum posted...

most of it is fully optional anyways.

I mean

The first Noble Nine breaker in contest history was fully optional

_SecretSquirrel posted...

Then why isn't Ganon through the roof as well? I mean, this is GameFAQs. This site lives to help people do stuff like get all the memories.

Or just watch the ~30m of cutscenes on Youtube to save yourself 80 hours of walking.

People only care for OoT/WW Ganon. He's hijacked the plot so many times that any boost he gets is nulled by annoyance of seeing him again.

This isn't a Crono style rally. This has been going on gradually for 20 hours.

_SecretSquirrel posted...

Jman_maximum posted...

i think people are overrating the effect of Zelda's "role" on BotW

BotW itself made Link and Zelda much stronger, just by existing and being one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time. it doesn't really matter what they do in the story. most of it is fully optional anyways. do you think most players got all the memories?

Then why isn't Ganon through the roof as well? I mean, this is GameFAQs. This site lives to help people do stuff like get all the memories.

Because ganon f***ing sucks. He was terrible in TP only briefly appeared at the end as a final boss And was anonymous in BOTW until the very end which imo was lackluster boss fight.

He’s barely in any recent Zelda games bar WW and OoT in which he has a real presence. Didnt even appear in SS.

It’s not a surprise he looked weak this contest.

tgs2 posted...

People only care for OoT/WW Ganon. He's hijacked the plot so many times that any boost he gets is nulled by annoyance of seeing him again.

TP sums your statement up. He just appears because zant is a weak mother f***er and all of a sudden ganon is here

Same with the oracle games where you just summon him from the death after beating both games as a final final boss. Absolutely shoehorned in what was two great games.

f***ing Mega Man

Ok.... now that it's impossible for him to lose anymore.

I'm
Taking credit for this Crono win. 100% of it. (If we had a competent admin it would be 0%)

MegaMan was BLATANTLY and UNQUESTIONABLY vote stuffing for 17 f***ing hours.

And not one of you jackasses called it out, despite the fact that FOUR different times Crono got it within 20 or so, and every single time MM responded with an "out of nowhere" vote spike and would run it back out to 50-70 again, then Crono would close, then MM would cheat.

It was literally like GTA "barriers" but then again most of you didn't call out that blatant cheating either so go fig...

In the dead or Europe vote MM followed at mid 40s hour with a mid 50s hours, which was sandwiched by other 40's hours, and one more "wow" 50s hours when Crono got close again.

Then Crono spends the entire day catching up, does so, barriers again. At this point in time I finally call it out, by name. Crono takes the lead. Crono runs the lead to 30, incall before it even happens "random cuts incoming" MM cuts the next 4 times.

I call him for his blatant vote stuffing one last time pointing out of course that happened, there was never any doubt, and talk of how no lead is safe (less than 250 anyway) when they can cheat at least 10 votes an update....

And low and behold that's it.

The stuffing stops. Because of course it did, once I said Allen should B7 him.

Thank you Crono. Contest done

Woah, bad start for Crono.

KamikazePotato posted...

Woah, bad start for Crono.

again..

https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/images/x/user/samub-b-ulti-6.png

Samub is sure doing a good job right now!

Cloud going to beat Crono with 57% again? What a shock

Then00bAvenger posted...

Cloud going to beat Crono with 57% again? What a shock

You have a lot of faith in Crono not losing any % to Cloud after the freeze!

And 13 on the leaderboard! My personal best, even if it probably won't last long...

FinalFantasyVll posted...

Thank you Crono. Contest done

Crono was the one that got stuffed votes

Samus doing very well with the board vote could be bracket voting. Most people probably would have Samus at this spot in their bracket and probably don't have Mario here as well if they took Mario to reach Link in the Legends Bracket.

Samus/Zelda is the match we want to see

Then again mario/cloud is nostalgic

Remember 2002?

Yuri_LowelI posted...

Samus/Zelda is the match we want to see

Then again mario/cloud is nostalgic

Remember 2002?

I do remember 2002...

Crono got cheated hard.

Incidentally....

DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT LIKE CRONO!????

Thank you crono. Back in the top 50

FinalFantasyVll posted...

Yuri_LowelI posted...

Samus/Zelda is the match we want to see

Then again mario/cloud is nostalgic

Remember 2002?

I do remember 2002...

Crono got cheated hard.

Incidentally....

DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT LIKE CRONO!????

Yeah I like crono

Much more than MM

But I still voted for MM because I don’t want to see duplicate boring matches.

Yuri_LowelI posted...

FinalFantasyVll posted...

Yuri_LowelI posted...

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Samus/Zelda is the match we want to see

Then again mario/cloud is nostalgic

Remember 2002?

I do remember 2002...

Crono got cheated hard.

Incidentally....

DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT LIKE CRONO!????

Yeah I like crono

Much more than MM

But I still voted for MM because I don’t want to see duplicate boring matches.

Thank you. Much appreciated

Looks like Mario doesn't want to give this one up without a fight.

Mario gained but at this point last match he had 53% on Samus