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Topic	~Ultimaterializer's Post-Contest Analysis! - Part 2~
PostContestUlti 05/20/20 7:26:48 PM #28:	Not only did Octopath Traveler win the morning vote, it ''easily'' won the morning vote. That 200 vote lead was under 100 in an hour, and though Shovel Knight tried its damndest to delay the inevitable, the lead was gone two hours later. After a tie that lasted ''another'' hour, because Shovel Knight was not about to just roll over and dig its own grave (yes bad pun, I am well aware!), it was Octopath Traveler that finally started winning wrist control in this matchup. It spent the rest of the morning and lunch time building itself a lead, though it never did so in any kind of domineering fashion. Octopath built up a 200 vote lead relatively quickly, but could never get beyond that. From here, it was hours and hours of stalling with Shovel Knight, of all things, having the slightest of leans in the match trend. This wasn't a "comeback attempt" so much as it was stalling thins out and hoping for the best, but it was working. Octopath's 200 vote lead got shaved down below 100 with five hours to go, and it was anyone's match from there. At this point, Shovel Knight made its move. It basically tried everything from here to erase that lead and try to jump ahead, but Octopath Traveler held on for dear life at every turn. Lead goes from 100 to 36 in three updates? Well here comes another stall where it stays at 50. Lead goes from 40 to 18? Well let's go back up to 33 because why not? It continued like this until Shovel Knight tied the match and seemed like it would break through with two hours to go. With two hours to go and lots of momentum behind it, Shovel Knight ''finally'' did the whole '''LEAD CHANGE''' routine, and it looked like the match would flip. Bu t true to form, Octopath Traveler just would ''not'' go away. When Shovel Knight finally got its lead back, this was what the match looked like for the next few updates afterwards: -Shovel Knight by 11. -Shovel Knight by 3. -Shovel Knight by 1. -Shovel Knight by 6. -Shovel Knight by 8. -Shovel Knight by 6. -Shovel Knight by 6. -Octopath by 30. With only 90 minutes left in the poll, that looked to ''finally'' end this match. But of course that wasn't it, because Octopath could not retain any momentum. It got stalled out for four straight updates, and then, at 6:49 pm EST, with just over an hour left to go, this contest's version of divine intervention: https://twitter.com/YachtClubGames/status/1250194555330129920 ''Stalwart stewards, we're calling for your aid!! The GameFAQs "Game of the Decade" vote is happening NOW and Shovel Knight needs your vote! Dig in at the top of the page! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com'' Octopath had no counter, and that was a wrap. What do you even ''do'' when the developer of your opponent rallies for their own game on Twitter? You sit there are you die, that's what. After nearly 23 hours of just beating the crap out of each other, Shovel Knight was bailed out in hilarious fashion, and it turned a 40 vote deficit into a 200 vote win in just over an hour. We'll never know what would have happened without a developer rally popping up right at the end of the match with perfect timing, and it's impossible to know for sure. My best guess is that Board 8 would have tried to get Octopath the win as a thank you for defeating Undertale, but with the way this match went, who really knows? It was anyone's game there at the end, but Shovel Knight caught a super lucky break to advance. Both games put on one hell of a show, and this is the type of match where it sucks someone has to lose, but shout out to Octopath Traveler here. It may have only been around for two matches, but they were two of the contest's most entertaining matches. Shout out to Shovel Knight, too, for pulling a ''developer rally'' of all things out of its ass to clutch up and win. This site talks about developer rallies a lot, especially when Witcher 3 is concerned, but to actually see one make this huge difference is always fun. It also opened up the door, however slightly, for Shovel Knight to catch fire in this contest and cause some real damage. It would need to, since its next opponent was Super Mario Odyssey. Yacht Club Games knew it, too: ''"We can't give up! Not even if pitted against our beloved mustachioed main man!"'' Who knows? Maybe lightning ''can'' strike twice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE --- https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page <cite>PostContestUlti posted [p:939463589] in ~*Ultimate... [t:78702874]...</cite> <quote>Not only did Octopath Traveler win the morning vote, it ''easily'' won the morning vote. That 200 vote lead was under 100 in an hour, and though Shovel Knight tried its damndest to delay the inevitable, the lead was gone two hours later. After a tie that lasted ''another'' hour, because Shovel Knight was not about to just roll over and dig its own grave (yes bad pun, I am well aware!), it was Octopath Traveler that finally started winning wrist control in this matchup. It spent the rest of the morning and lunch time building itself a lead, though it never did so in any kind of domineering fashion. Octopath built up a 200 vote lead relatively quickly, but could never get beyond that. From here, it was hours and hours of stalling with Shovel Knight, of all things, having the slightest of leans in the match trend. This wasn't a "comeback attempt" so much as it was stalling thins out and hoping for the best, but it was working. Octopath's 200 vote lead got shaved down below 100 with five hours to go, and it was anyone's match from there. At this point, Shovel Knight made its move. It basically tried everything from here to erase that lead and try to jump ahead, but Octopath Traveler held on for dear life at every turn. Lead goes from 100 to 36 in three updates? Well here comes another stall where it stays at 50. Lead goes from 40 to 18? Well let's go back up to 33 because why not? It continued like this until Shovel Knight tied the match and seemed like it would break through with two hours to go. With two hours to go and lots of momentum behind it, Shovel Knight ''finally'' did the whole '''LEAD CHANGE''' routine, and it looked like the match would flip. Bu t true to form, Octopath Traveler just would ''not'' go away. When Shovel Knight finally got its lead back, this was what the match looked like for the next few updates afterwards: -Shovel Knight by 11. -Shovel Knight by 3. -Shovel Knight by 1. -Shovel Knight by 6. -Shovel Knight by 8. -Shovel Knight by 6. -Shovel Knight by 6. -Octopath by 30. With only 90 minutes left in the poll, that looked to ''finally'' end this match. But of course that wasn't it, because Octopath could not retain any momentum. It got stalled out for four straight updates, and then, at 6:49 pm EST, with just over an hour left to go, this contest's version of divine intervention: https://twitter.com/YachtClubGames/status/1250194555330129920 ''Stalwart stewards, we're calling for your aid!! The GameFAQs "Game of the Decade" vote is happening NOW and Shovel Knight needs your vote! Dig in at the top of the page! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com'' Octopath had no counter, and that was a wrap. What do you even ''do'' when the developer of your opponent rallies for their own game on Twitter? You sit there are you die, that's what. After nearly 23 hours of just beating the crap out of each other, Shovel Knight was bailed out in hilarious fashion, and it turned a 40 vote deficit into a 200 vote win in just over an hour. We'll never know what would have happened without a developer rally popping up right at the end of the match with perfect timing, and it's impossible to know for sure. My best guess is that Board 8 would have tried to get Octopath the win as a thank you for defeating Undertale, but with the way this match went, who really knows? It was anyone's game there at the end, but Shovel Knight caught a super lucky break to advance. Both games put on one hell of a show, and this is the type of match where it sucks someone has to lose, but shout out to Octopath Traveler here. It may have only been around for two matches, but they were two of the contest's most entertaining matches. Shout out to Shovel Knight, too, for pulling a ''developer rally'' of all things out of its ass to clutch up and win. This site talks about developer rallies a lot, especially when Witcher 3 is concerned, but to actually see one make this huge difference is always fun. It also opened up the door, however slightly, for Shovel Knight to catch fire in this contest and cause some real damage. It would need to, since its next opponent was Super Mario Odyssey. Yacht Club Games knew it, too: ''"We can't give up! Not even if pitted against our beloved mustachioed main man!"'' Who knows? Maybe lightning ''can'' strike twice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE --- https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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