Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1352

So yeah that means the seeding was perfect. Except of course the 4th division and that was barely off. So is this the best seeded contest ever?

that rally topic on witcher 3 reddit got a little bit of traction with 40 upvotes...might have brought in a couple hundred votes

If we're just going by shocking strength and an upset, Xenoblade is much more impressive. Star of the contest so far.

SFF'd 2 lower down the pecking order Nintendo games and a game nobody on this site cares about.

What 2 Nintendo games?

Fire Emblem and...

SFF'd 2 lower down the pecking order Nintendo games and a game nobody on this site cares about.

I mean it's easier to say that AFTER you learned which game is above which game in the pecking order.

You don't just SFF blowout games for no reason. Also is Xenoblade higher on the pecking order? Fire Emblem's certainly bigger for Nintendo. The fact that Xenoblade beat the bigger Nintendo game by so much says a lot.

Fire Emblem is bigger for Nintendo but it's still never managed to be more than a low midcarder here. Xenoblade being more well regarded here is not all that surprising.

Again, there's no such thing as a pecking order for series. We saw SSBU SFF LBW even though Zelda's the bigger Nintendo series.

I mean if Three Houses couldn't be the big breakout game for Fire Emblem then I think it's basically stuck where it is forever

It's sold 3 million copies and got someone into Smash within 6 months of launching. Not being popular on a boomer web site doesn't mean squat.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7757-whats-your-all-time-favorite-3d-super-mario-game

Even 3D World is stronger than Galaxy 2

nah

also lol Sunshine fanboys.

also that poll proves odyssey isnt all that. Im sorry it should be doing way better on mario 64

Those types of polls rarely rank the series correctly. For example, Galaxy is essentially Galaxy 2's worst opponent.

No. I can't believe after 7 years that people still insists this is the case. When people find themselves to be somewhere inbetween, they're basically always getting accused of just liking when their favorite game is winning.

Everyone should be capable of understanding. In general, it's my idea that people enjoy the rallies if they bring more excitement to the match results and if the games have even rallying possibilities, while there are exceptions on both sides of course. Something like Octopath vs. Shovel Knight was close and exciting match for almost the full time and got more exciting due to the swings in votes for both games. It appeared to still be close, so people were a lot more split on that one. You can find people that enjoyed that, but didn't enjoy Draven and Undertale, because they were nothing like that. The other games were completely burried and never stood a chance, not just in one match, but clearly for the rest of the contest. The Mario and RBY gauntlet and Chrono Trigger's way through the big names were probably the matches people in general were most excited about and none of them happened while we were instead given very uniteresting matches to see the results for.

Again, there's no such thing as a pecking order for series. We saw SSBU SFF LBW even though Zelda's the bigger Nintendo series.

Lolwut Why is Odyssey so much stronger than Galaxy on here? Galaxy seems way more respected everywhere else online from my experience

No one's answered my simple question. Who decides whether a rally is small, medium or big? And is it possible to control and limit the size of a rally so that it stays small even if it starts to get traction?
Or is it okay to rally if both games are big and its a close vote? Its okay to enjoy a rally because it brings excitement but trying to justify it based on its size is nonsensical, especially since you have no control over it once the ball starts rolling.

he point is when it's Chrono Trigger it's awesome, but when it's Draven it's a problem. There is no difference to me.

Again, degree matters to a lot of people. The rallying is not nearly as egregious when it propels an entrant that was Top 10 in strength anyway. Draven wasn't even a Top 200 character on GameFAQs. He was getting blown out by nobodies before the rallies turned him into Top 1.

Example: if Skyrim catches some inexplicable rallies and wins the contest, will some people be salty? Sure, but there would be a lot more acceptance of it (and waaaay less salt) than we sad with Draven and Undertale. Skyrim was already a beast around here and didn't need to grow 100 times in strength to win. Degree and nuance, once again.

Don't forget: This is not a contest to see which game is your favorite, or even which one is critically the best. It's all a big popularity contest, and visitors who have never visited GameFAQs before will be sure to stop in and vote.

Remember, it's all a big Internet popularity contest. Outside forces can influence the results, and have done so in the past. We take many steps to prevent vote-stuffing by individuals, but the power of the masses is unstoppable.

These are the literal rules that we all signed up for.

You can still be unhappy about the result while acknowledging its legitimacy. Aren't you upset at sports all the time?

Stop changing the parameters of the argument. There are very few of us (don't hold up BT as the norm) who think rallies should be against the rules. Doesn't mean we have to like them.

In my opinion if rallies can't be stopped then the whole thing should just be for fun entries only. Always thought the whole rally thing in a prize giving contest felt a bit wrong.

How many times will we have the same discussion about rallies? Don't you guys get tired of it?

Minecraft beats Shovel Knight with 55.89%
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