plasmabeam 5/9/2020 5:16:57 PM#151
P5 > W3 would be the sweetest thing ever.
~Jacksonville Jaguars~
pepper2012 5/9/2020 5:17:21 PM#152
plasmabeam posted...
P5 > W3 would be the sweetest thing ever.

Agree
ZeldaTPLink 5/9/2020 5:17:22 PM#153
ShortReplies posted...
Yeah that sucks, why the bias? i mean most of them are western people.

This site was built on the foundation of RPG and Zelda walkthroughs.

That culture just doesn't disappear. Especially since new blood doesn't come here anymore.
Cavedweller2000 posted...
I believe this is the first time I have been on any leaderboard in the 10 years I have been taking part!

Got to 49s which put me into the 30s on the leaderboard. Woohoo!

Congrats dude!
The music was thud-like.
The music was... thud-like.
ctesjbuvf 5/9/2020 5:18:15 PM#155
_SecretSquirrel posted...
So if Persona put up enough of a fight to essentially stall Witcher, I wonder if those rallies might have benefited Dark Souls over Skyrim.

We could see some interesting stuff with these cross rallies.

I really wish these would've gotten their own day. Even if it meant having two days of Zelda and Smash crushing. It's sad we have such a long break only to rush through the rest.
Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to Advokaiser, the winner of the Character Battle X guru contest.
That was a pretty monster Dark Souls cut, by the way. What did it get, like 55% on that update?
HaRRicH 5/9/2020 5:18:16 PM#157
LamarJackson posted...
ShortReplies posted...
So quick question, those first 500 votes are called board vote?

yep, the people dedicated to the contests enough to vote away are typically very pro Nintendo and anti AAA Western games
To clarify, the board vote is the first five minutes of the match -- however many votes that is may be 500 or otherwise.
CaptainOfCrush posted...
That was a pretty monster Dark Souls cut, by the way. What did it get, like 55% on that update?
56.38%
It's Reyn Time.
TheCodeisBosco posted...
Congrats dude!
Thanks man!
Well done to Advokaiser for finishing 104 places above me in the 2018 CBX Guru Contest!
LeonhartFour 5/9/2020 5:19:06 PM#160
5 minute X-Stats, part 2:

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – 50.00%
Dark Souls – 47.94%
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Version – 40.18%
The Last of Us – 39.98%
Mario Kart 8 – 39.10%
NieR: Automata – 38.68%
Batman: Arkham City – 35.79%
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 35.20%
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – 32.60%
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – 32.18%
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – 31.00%
Yakuza 0 – 30.10%
Diablo III – 29.36%
BioShock Infinite – 28.61%
Journey – 25.02%
Bayonetta 2 – 24.44%
Divinity: Original Sin II – 24.19%
Rayman Legends – 22.52%
Celeste – 22.32%
Rocket League – 21.61%
Dragon Ball FighterZ – 20.90%
Dead Cells – 19.25%
Terraria – 18.50%
Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward – 18.10%
Crypt of the NecroDancer – 17.65%
Fate/Grand Order – 16.91%
Hotline Miami – 16.22%
Subnautica – 16.00%
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – 14.89%
Night in the Woods – 14.50%
Crusader Kings II – 14.44%
The Witness – 13.53%
SuperNiceDog 5/9/2020 5:19:17 PM#161
I am thou!!!! Let's go PERSONA 5!
SuperNiceChao about to win the Oracle 2020! TsunamiXXVIII and me will destroy all you noobs
LamarJackson 5/9/2020 5:19:31 PM#162
Skyrim still has this unless the match defies previous trends significantly
https://imgur.com/6aYmEPY
You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him
https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/w3-Sharinnegan.jpg
https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/w3-MechanicalWall.png

https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/sk-_SecretSquirrel.png
https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/sk-Reala.png

I just didn't know which users Witcher 3 got the pics from, and I'd never guess Sk for Skyrim shorthand.
Agent Triple Zero at your service!
This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2020 Guru contest winner.
Oh man
It's Reyn Time.
Anclation 5/9/2020 5:20:27 PM#165
Oh s***, the turnaround!
Yeah... Sorry.
LamarJackson 5/9/2020 5:20:29 PM#166
wow, what happened?
https://imgur.com/6aYmEPY
You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him
Lead change
Well done to Advokaiser for finishing 104 places above me in the 2018 CBX Guru Contest!
Glorious Nippon
LeonhartFour 5/9/2020 5:20:37 PM#169
There's the lead change. Let's see how long it holds before Dark Souls mellows out.
Ranticoot 5/9/2020 5:20:37 PM#170
That's a lead change

I feel like if we get another one, it's not Skyrim that's changing it!
Born to lose, live to win!
Persona 5 cutting now that we are out of the Witcher 3 board vote.
Agent Triple Zero at your service!
This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2020 Guru contest winner.
pepper2012 5/9/2020 5:20:50 PM#172
Dark souls lead

I'm finna bust
davidponte 5/9/2020 5:20:56 PM#173
I have no idea if this is the rallies already starting to gain traction or just natural strength
The final Undisputed Champion in UCA history.
MikeTavish 5/9/2020 5:21:05 PM#174
Go Persona goooooo
Formerly ff6man.
Advokaiser won the guru! Congrats!
Every match with The Witcher just makes me believe in Western SFF in a broader way. Mass Effect 3? Assassin's Creed? God of War? Get out of here. ANYTHING Japanese becomes a struggle.
It's Reyn Time.
ZenOfThunder 5/9/2020 5:22:11 PM#176
aaaand 4 comments on the persona rally

this might be the fastest a rally has gotten any traction so far, 4 comments in 20 minutes is really good, p5 rallies definitely getting that snowball effect
(|| ' ' ||) drooling while eating
. /|_|\
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The optics suggest that Persona rallies are helping Dark Souls more than Persona itself.

Which is both a testament toward Witcher and an indictment toward Bethesda. It's also hilarious af.
ctesjbuvf 5/9/2020 5:22:28 PM#178
_SecretSquirrel posted...
Persona 5 cutting now that we are out of the Witcher 3 board vote.

Witcher 3's board vote has mostly been trash.

Persona on the other hand
Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to Advokaiser, the winner of the Character Battle X guru contest.
KamikazePotato posted...
Every match with The Witcher just makes me believe in Western SFF in a broader way. Mass Effect 3? Assassin's Creed? God of War? Get out of here. ANYTHING Japanese becomes a struggle.
I don't think we can deny it at this point.

Also, this gives Skyrim a puncher's chance, because we really don't know where it belongs on that heirarchy, and I don't think we saw it against anything Western of note.
Agent Triple Zero at your service!
This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2020 Guru contest winner.
_SecretSquirrel posted...
https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/w3-Sharinnegan.jpg
https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/w3-MechanicalWall.png

https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/sk-_SecretSquirrel.png
https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/images/contest/gotd-r5/sk-Reala.png

I just didn't know which users Witcher 3 got the pics from, and I'd never guess Sk for Skyrim shorthand.


Yeah, "sk" for Skyrim is something I would never have considered, but I totally considered "w3" as a very real possibility for Witcher. It just happened that both of Witcher's pics came from first time submitters in this contest.
Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as Advokaiser, Guru Champ!
don't give up, skeleton
Dark Souls has really strong early trends after a bad board vote, so this is in line with what should have happened. Not that trends have been at all stable so far.
It's Reyn Time.
MithosLowell 5/9/2020 5:23:26 PM#183
just imagine if Persona 5 had a switch port by now. It would have left all 3 of those gsmes in the dust

HaRRicH 5/9/2020 5:24:16 PM#184
ctesjbuvf posted...
I really wish these would've gotten their own day. Even if it meant having two days of Zelda and Smash crushing. It's sad we have such a long break only to rush through the rest.

Totally agree.
ZeldaTPLink 5/9/2020 5:25:06 PM#185
HaRRicH posted...
Totally agree.

After 3 contests asking him, we finally got Allen to reduce Round 3 to two matches a day, now I guess it will take a few more to reduce the later rounds, too.
MithosLowell posted...
just imagine if Persona 5 had a switch port by now. It would have left all 3 of those gsmes in the dust

Facts.
The music was thud-like.
The music was... thud-like.
LeonhartFour 5/9/2020 5:25:44 PM#187
Anclation 5/9/2020 5:26:34 PM#188
KamikazePotato posted...
Every match with The Witcher just makes me believe in Western SFF in a broader way. Mass Effect 3? Assassin's Creed? God of War? Get out of here. ANYTHING Japanese becomes a struggle.
That also makes me think that if both Witcher 3 and Skyrim make it, Skyrim is in for a brutal beatdown.
Yeah... Sorry.
Also, i love that my "f*** you" from Zen picture of Skyrim is on the front page.
Agent Triple Zero at your service!
This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2020 Guru contest winner.
MithosLowell 5/9/2020 5:26:48 PM#190
Whatever happens im extremely proud of the persona series. Its come a long f***ing way in 10 years despite being an exclusive series to sony pretty much.

really wish atlus would port the persona games to other platforms even PC. This franchise can be even bigger if atlus want it to be
LeonhartFour 5/9/2020 5:28:55 PM#191
X-Stats, part 1:

Division 1+2

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 50.00%
Mass Effect 2 – 31.67%
Resident Evil 2 – 30.11%
Bloodborne – 30.01%
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age – 29.78%
Horizon Zero Dawn – 28.43%
Monster Hunter: World – 27.83%
DOOM – 25.55%
Borderlands 2 – 25.54%
Fire Emblem: Awakening – 25.27%
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – 24.59%
Resident Evil 7 – 23.47%
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy – 23.40%
Fallout 4 – 20.98%
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night – 20.61%
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – 20.38%
Final Fantasy XV – 19.76%
Hollow Knight – 19.59%
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – 18.82%
Bastion – 16.73%
The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series – 15.98%
Halo: Reach – 15.14%
The Outer Worlds – 14.98%
Tales of Berseria – 14.57%
Life is Strange – 13.28%
VVVVVV – 11.86%
Call of Duty: Black Ops – 11.69%
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC – 11.51%
Fortnite – 10.84%
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair – 10.16%
What Remains of Edith Finch – 10.02%
INSIDE – 7.13%
So I'm going to take this moment to shill the contest prowess of two of my all-time favorite - Xenoblade and Dark Souls.

Xenoblade went from losing to Donkey Kong Country 2 in 2015 to winning its own division. People are already impressed by that, but I think it's also being understated how incredibly well it held up against Ultimate. Nintendo SFF can be brutal, and even if we roll with the notion that it holds up better than 'traditional' Nintendo properties it still outperformed A Link Between Worlds by 6% and only underperformed Mario Odyssey by 4%. That's damn good, and overall it's come a long way.

Dark Souls has come an even longer way. Make no mistake - it gets rolled by Skyrim in 2015. 60-40d at least. Keeping pace with even a weakened Skyrim is impressive as hell and shows how much people's respect of the series has grown over the years.
It's Reyn Time.
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Skyrim is back.
Agent Triple Zero at your service!
This line reserved for the true greatone, the 2020 Guru contest winner.
Anclation 5/9/2020 5:30:27 PM#194
The favorites strike back.
Yeah... Sorry.
Janus5k 5/9/2020 5:30:33 PM#195
LeonhartFour posted...
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC – 11.51%
Fortnite – 10.84%
beautiful
"Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything."
I'm not the hugest Dark Souls fan, but without it, there's no Bloodborne.

#PraisetheSouls
ctesjbuvf 5/9/2020 5:30:41 PM#197
KamikazePotato posted...
Xenoblade went from losing to Donkey Kong Country 2 in 2015 to winning it's own division. People are already impressed by that, but I think it's also being understated how incredibly well it held up against Ultimate. Nintendo SFF can be brutal, and even if we roll with the notion that it holds up better than 'traditional' Nintendo properties it still outperformed A Link Between Worlds by 6% and only underperformed Mario Odyssey by 4%. That's damn good, and overall it's come a long way.

I love Xenoblade and feel mostly the same, but I really can't see it not having a few percentages extra due to bandwagoning there.
Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to Advokaiser, the winner of the Character Battle X guru contest.
LeonhartFour 5/9/2020 5:30:45 PM#198
Ranticoot posted...
That's a lead change

I feel like if we get another one, it's not Skyrim that's changing it!


'whoops'
LamarJackson 5/9/2020 5:30:58 PM#199
all is right in the world again
https://imgur.com/6aYmEPY
You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him
Whoa Skyrim

Really impressive update for Witcher too.
I just decided to change this sig.
Blaaaaaaargh Advokaiser
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