Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1326

3-way GotY poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7839-

Given the poll question title, I'm guessing we're moving onto a 1v1 poll tomorrow.

Huh, Allen is advertising this as a "Semifinal vote," meaning there will be a 1-on-1 final after this one.

"Semifinal Vote"

I guess we are getting a guaranteed 1v1 final.

He did this last year with god of war red dead and smash.

There's really no reason to have a final poll but ok.

OoT 3D and MM 3D got removed because Allen knew if they got in, they'd crush everything.

Fire Emblem is already doing way better on RE2 than it did yesterday. Getting rid of both Dragon Quest and Link's Awakening helped out, but still not enough to be leading at the freeze.

LusterSoldier posted...

Fire Emblem is already doing way better on RE2 than it did yesterday. Getting rid of both Dragon Quest and Link's Awakening helped out, but still not enough to be leading at the freeze.

if FE can’t beat RE2 with Sekiro on there don’t bother with a 1v1 poll.

swirIdude posted...

There's really no reason to have a final poll but ok.

OoT 3D and MM 3D got removed because Allen knew if they got in, they'd crush everything.

no they wouldn’t. Certainly not MM.

vanilla MM wouldn’t even beat BOTW. 3d version has no chance.

Mo' Metal

Strange to see these 3 games here. I expected RE 2 but not the other 2.

Was the last GotD just a straight 1v1 contest al the way through?

LadyVyxx posted...

Was the last GotD just a straight 1v1 contest al the way through?

Yes. It had single 12-hour matches throughout 4 or so rounds, then it switched to 24-hour ones.

I have to be one of the few people who loved the 3v3 or 4v4 polls. I know it doesnt tive us an honest look at true strength, but they were even more unpredictable which was the appeal imo

A game from 1998 is going to be our GOTY. What a time to be alive.

I like the multi-way polls for the first few rounds just because we get to see more games and more wackiness

I do enjoy the later rounds being traditional tho

But seeing as we're only getting 10 noms this will probably just be 128 1v1 traditional format. It's not like we can do GotD bi-yearly or anything

Advokaiser posted...

Yes. It had single 12-hour matches throughout 4 or so rounds, then it switched to 24-hour ones.

It was only 24 hours for the last three matches.

I'll gladly take multiple matches a day over 12-hour matches. Much better format.

ZenOfThunder posted...

I like the multi-way polls for the first few rounds just because we get to see more games and more wackiness

I do enjoy the later rounds being traditional tho

But seeing as we're only getting 10 noms this will probably just be 128 1v1 traditional format. It's not like we can do GotD bi-yearly or anything

Good. 128 1v1 best format.

12-hour matches were a good idea in theory early on when the vote totals were a lot better than they used to be. But with the severe drop in vote totals, having 12-hour matches was even less appealing due to making our already bad vote totals worse.

Multiple matches per day but for 24 hours is a better format despite having the potential risk of rally spillover affecting the other matches running at the same time.

I prefer 24 hour matches because of Time Zones. Yeah I know most of you are Americans but hey there are others too.

I prefer 24 hours because I think it's dumb to have matches decided based on whether it's a day match or night match.

Leonhart4 posted...

I prefer 24 hours because I think it's dumb to have matches decided based on whether it's a day match or night match.

This. Day/Night deciding who wins is atrocious,

Yeah and the worse thing about it is that people will never let you forget that x character or game only won because it was a day or night match, it makes a lot of close matches feel retroactively worth a lot less and seem less entertaining than they were in the moment

UltimaterializerX posted...

A game from 1998 is going to be our GOTY. What a time to be alive.

You love to see it.

1v1 GotY poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7840-

Unlike in the previous 2 polls, Fire Emblem has a lead over RE2 at the freeze. I doubt it will be able to hold the lead for the rest of the poll, though I haven't looked at the trends for yesterday's poll yet.

I'm a bit surprised Fire Emblem is doing even better in a 1v1 poll compared to the 3-way. I remember the 2008 GotY polls where Brawl got 51.65% on MGS4 in the 3-way and it was assumed that removing Fallout 4 would help MGS4 improve against Brawl. Instead, Brawl actually got slightly better in a 1v1, improving to 52.10% on MGS4 in the 1v1 poll.

RE2 looks weak or 3H looking good?

If the Ravens lose and RE2 loses in the same 24 hour span I quit life again

I mean, the original RE2 wasn't all that strong (it lost handily to FFT in 2015), so RE2make was always going to have a relatively low ceiling.

Looking at the trends from yesterday's poll, I'd say RE2 is the expected favorite today. FE3H's worst time period yesterday was the night vote and morning vote, so it would have to survive that time period to have any chance of winning. It fared best during the ASV and SNV, while going exactly 50/50 with RE2 during the ASV. Since both the 3-way and 1v1 polls are on the weekend, yesterday's trends should be pretty relevant for today's poll as well.

UltimaterializerX posted...

A game from 1998 is going to be our GOTY. What a time to be alive.

Except its not a game from 1998 is it?

IT shares the same name and story structure.

As far as being A game. Its completely different. even more so than any other Remake.

And I think with the Switch being super popular on this site and RPG's in general its not hard to see FE's popularity.

But i think FE was just a great game in general

This is why God of War did so well against Smash last year. Yes Smash has 10x the bigger fanbase but GoW was respected enough as a game that people voted for it

And add to the fact that Smash had a awful Single player

Is this the first time that a remake wins GOTY here?

Safer_777 posted...

Is this the first time that a remake wins GOTY here?

I tried to think of a joke about how Smash Bros. games are remakes but I failed

so yes it is

FFDragon posted...

If the Ravens lose and RE2 loses in the same 24 hour span I quit life again

Please don't joke about this.

A remake of a game that has never won a contest match.

Oh yeah RE 2 baby. I was there when it first came out. My 2nd favorite RE game. First is RE 4 of course.
Hope RE 3 remake is really good too.

LinkMarioSamus posted...

A remake of a game that has never won a contest match.

id be shocked if RE2 doesn’t win a match unless it’s paired up with a big Nintendo game or something first round.

id take RE2 easily over any FF game this decade.

REmake 2 vs FFXV who ya got ?

linid0t posted...

REmake 2 vs FFXV who ya got ?

RE2 and it’s not even close.

FFXV would lose to a ton of non Nintendo games like Witcher 3, Skyrim, persona 5 even some of the souls games

id put FFXV at around Kh3 level. And we all know these big franchise games look stronger during GOTY poll. FFXV even when it came out didn’t even look good. it’s going to be much worse now. RE2 might look even better in a contest format especially with it being new.

Yuri_LowelI posted...

id put FFXV at around Kh3 level.

I think you're giving FFXV too much credit.

LeonhartFour posted...

I think you're giving FFXV too much credit.

well we don’t know where Kh3 is at. The dlc might make it stronger for sure.

but yeah you could be right. Either way RE2 easily beats it. So does Fire emblem Three houses actually.

After today's poll, we have probably 2 more days of GotY polls remaining. The GotD poll will probably happen tomorrow, followed by System of the Year after that.

I hope we get a re-run of this poll shortly after the GotY polls end:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6985-

2010s has slowly been gaining strength over the course of that decade, but almost all of that strength is coming at the expense of the 2000s. Back in 2010, the 2000s option had 36% and has since dropped off to 27.01% in the most recent version of that poll. Most of that lost percentage went to 2010s, with some of it being absorbed by 1990s.

LusterSoldier posted...

After today's poll, we have probably 2 more days of GotY polls remaining. The GotD poll will probably happen tomorrow, followed by System of the Year after that.

I hope we get a re-run of this poll shortly after the GotY polls end:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6985-

2010s has slowly been gaining strength over the course of that decade, but almost all of that strength is coming at the expense of the 2000s. Back in 2010, the 2000s option had 36% and has since dropped off to 27.01% in the most recent version of that poll. Most of that lost percentage went to 2010s, with some of it being absorbed by 1990s.

why? 90’s will win again by the same margin.

System of the Year poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7841-

Surprised at the poll having just 4 options this time around. Also, maybe the GotD poll will be coming tomorrow instead.

I'm guessing there's no GotD poll at all.

I highly doubt we get a GotD poll considering we're getting a GotD contest.

FFDragon posted...

I highly doubt we get a GotD poll considering we're getting a GotD contest.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3728-

We got that poll despite getting a GotD contest later in the same year.

UltimaterializerX posted...

Please don't joke about this.

"whoops" my bad

Humor (especially of the dark variety) is my coping mechanism.

Later in the same year is not the same as "already in the nomination phase"