Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1348

_SecretSquirrel posted...

Oh right, I forgot 95 had CT as its anchor.

96 would probably be a better choice, since Mario 64 was definitely a step below CT and FF7 in the adjacent years.

98, I still think would have a chance with just RBY, because it had some great depth beyond the headliners.

I mean, 95 is a legit intriguing scenario because it really would be just OoT and CT. That year has zero depth.

1995 turned out to be really damn strong even though it had what is effectively one game

I don't think I want to see what 1995 with OoT looks like!

ctesjbuvf posted...

2010 characters:
Sora > Midna

uh excuse me Sora is not final fantasy, do not lump that trash in

Leonhart4 posted...

I mean, 95 is a legit intriguing scenario because it really would be just OoT and CT. That year has zero depth.

Actually, I think 1995 had some good depth when you had DKC2, Yoshi's Island, Earthbound, and Twisted Metal there.

But SBAllen leading with FULL f***ing THROTTLE made it seem like an absolute drought year when the Playstation was launching.

FFDragon posted...

uh excuse me Sora is not final fantasy, not nor lump that trash in

Ha, it would've helped FF's overall stats!

Yeah I copy pasted from the wikia's Nintendo vs Square site, and apparently was too fast. Idk what happened.

_SecretSquirrel posted...

Actually, I think 1995 had some good depth when you had DKC2, Yoshi's Island, Earthbound, and Twisted Metal there.

But SBAllen leading with FULL f***ing THROTTLE made it seem like an absolute drought year when the Playstation was launching.

Eh, 95 had a bunch of low midcard stuff to back it up but it really was carried by CT.

Wasn't SMRPG a 95 game?

BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Wasn't SMRPG a 95 game?

Nope, 1996.

paulg235 posted...

Has it been mentioned yet that this is (I believe) the first contest nothing Final Fantasy related won their division, as well as the first time nothing FF related made it to Round 4 of a contest? That really goes to show how badly Square Enix has messed up the series this past decade.

This is true. There are some close calls when Cloud/Seph was removed from the main bracket. Vincent was the only one in 2005, though it was Squall he beat. In 2006 it was a good thing FF has better stronger female characters than most when the male division winners had to be Noble Niners. In 2018 Seph could do it himself, but then Tifa topped one of the strongest divisions and Auron had one of the weakest. Sephiroth also saved the series from this in 2013 after being one of the NN'ers people predicted to lose early and then the bracket collapsed completely.

_SecretSquirrel posted...

Actually, I think 1995 had some good depth when you had DKC2, Yoshi's Island, Earthbound, and Twisted Metal there.

But SBAllen leading with FULL f***ing THROTTLE made it seem like an absolute drought year when the Playstation was launching.

1995 was definitely way stronger than that match against 1987 showed. That was Allen's biggest blunder of the entire contest. At that point in the contest, we were still only getting 4 games represented in the match picture, which proved to be very poor for years that had amazing depth.

We've seen voters being smart at times, but they were at their dumbest in the 1995/1987 match when many voters were simply choosing their vote based off the games in the match picture alone (treating it as a tag team games contest) and didn't have the intelligence to realize that 1995 had a lot more depth to it than just the games in the match picture. One round later, 1995 had a far better performance (just under 48% on 2001) when it got its full depth represented, but that was helped out by the match pictures showing off 8 games instead of 4.

I have no doubt if 1995 would have broken 60% on 1987 with its depth represented in the match picture, and probably could have gotten a doubling too.

Hey 87 is an amazing year for the 80’s. Five excellent franchises named Final Fantasy, Mega Man, Metal Gear, Street Fighter and Phantasy Star all started that year. A very underrated year IMO.

BotW's really done it. 80+% again. As mentioned earlier, Link did this in 2004 with CATS-Ganonforf-Yoshi, but it's still neat to see again. AFther Link's path of bodies in 2004 though, he then faced Crono who got 37%.

So, DQ11 I have to think is capable of breaking 20+%, so if he did have we ever had an entrant who went four rounds deep with triplings? I have to imagine we've had something land four doublings in a row, but I'm not sure what -- Cloud was just 0.42% off from doing this in 2003 with CATS-Auron-Bowser-Sonic.

Have any other entrants done any of these before?

I understand we don't like talking about it, ever, but in the rivals contest Link/Ganon tripled their first four opponents (80%+ on the first two).

And now we never talk about the rivals contest again. Hopefully.

HaRRicH posted...

BotW's really done it. 80+% again. As mentioned earlier, Link did this in 2004 with CATS-Ganonforf-Yoshi, but it's still neat to see again. AFther Link's path of bodies in 2004 though, he then faced Crono who got 37%.

So, DQ11 I have to think is capable of breaking 20+%, so if he did have we ever had an entrant who went four rounds deep with triplings? I have to imagine we've had something land four doublings in a row, but I'm not sure what -- Cloud was just 0.42% off from doing this in 2003 with CATS-Auron-Bowser-Sonic.

Have any other entrants done any of these before?

Wow, this contest has really blurred my memory - it's made it seem like 80% beatdowns are so much more common than they traditionally have been. I think BotW will put up the tripling next round and further write its legendary story.

Anyway, time for the first big day of R3!

where's the match

Random side note: I linked some friends to the contest for the first time. Gave them the home page. It took them a while to find the matches because, according to them, their eyes passed over the top of the page because the contest format looked like an advertisement for something.

RlP

HaRRicH posted...

BotW's really done it. 80+% again. As mentioned earlier, Link did this in 2004 with CATS-Ganonforf-Yoshi, but it's still neat to see again. AFther Link's path of bodies in 2004 though, he then faced Crono who got 37%.

So, DQ11 I have to think is capable of breaking 20+%, so if he did have we ever had an entrant who went four rounds deep with triplings? I have to imagine we've had something land four doublings in a row, but I'm not sure what -- Cloud was just 0.42% off from doing this in 2003 with CATS-Auron-Bowser-Sonic.

Have any other entrants done any of these before?

I doubt DQ beats FFXVs percentage here

lmao

RIP contest

(Again)

BOTW killed the contest

Link killed the bracket.

*insert joke about the contest being over*

turns out that was the final

SSB Allen is in the toilet guys. Give him some time.

any rallies spotted yet

GG

BotW vs 1998 bonus match just went up WHAT A BOARD VOTE

tennisboy213 posted...

any rallies spotted yet

let's hope so because then they'll all give up because they don't see a match

HaRRicH posted...

I have to imagine we've had something land four doublings in a row, but I'm not sure what -- Cloud was just 0.42% off from doing this in 2003 with CATS-Auron-Bowser-Sonic.

IIRC Link got five doublings in a row in 2010.

The site is partaking in 4/20 festivities, so it's a little delayed right now.

Everyone quit the contest after that godly result from BotW

There goes contest

Um...

...matches?

BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

I doubt DQ beats FFXVs percentage here

You doubt a lot of s***. You're crazy if you think FFXV would beat DQXI on this site. IT barely beat Hollow Knight for christs sakes. Monster Hunter would Beat FFXV with ease as well.

Oh no match huh

good I had Awakening winning today

the legend of zelda grows with another career achievement - literally ending a contest in round 3

Anyway I like to believe I would defend myself against a burglar unless they had a weapon

BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

I doubt DQ beats FFXVs percentage here

I wasn't ready to guarantee it, but it seems possible. I figure they're close at this point.

TAFKAHurricane posted...

Anyway I like to believe I would defend myself against a burglar unless they had a weapon

I too chose this option.

TAFKAHurricane posted...

Anyway I like to believe I would defend myself against a burglar unless they had a weapon

Lmaoooo

Couldn't have happened on a boring day huh

Headshot.

Janus5k posted...

IIRC Link got five doublings in a row in 2009.

2010? Thrall, Alucard, MMX, Luigi, and Sonic, yep.

Came darn close to doing it to Mario, too.

HaRRicH posted...

I wasn't ready to guarantee it, but it seems possible. I figure they're close at this point.

So HOllow Knight beats DQ, Monster Hunter and games like Sekiro/Bravely Default?

Cmon now. FFXV is probably 5th or 6th in this division.

We're skipping right over the board vote here

@SBAllen

WHERE'S THE MATCH LOL

Yuri_LowelI posted...

So HOllow Knight beats DQ, Monster Hunter and games like Sekiro/Bravely Default?

Cmon now. FFXV is probably 5th or 6th in this division.

Yes

So this result pretty much cements the fact that Zelda's beating witcher short of a mega rally.

davidponte posted...

We're skipping right over the board vote here

Not really. Its just gonna be more spread out and delayed.