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Topic~*Ultimaterializer's Post-Contest Analysis! - Part 2*~
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05/22/20 4:00:31 PM
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Division 8 Quarterfinal: (7)Divinity: Original Sin II vs (2)NieR: Automata

(7)Divinity: Contest Savior 2 - 8222 [31.27%]
(2)Nier Automata - 18075 [68.73%]
Total Votes - 26297
Prediction Percentage - 63.27%

This match was hilarious. Not because it was a good or particularly close match or anything, but because Divinity rallied so hard. At the very beginning of the match, it looked like Nier was going to completely and thoroughly torch Divinity off of the map en route to a blowout in excess of 70-30.

But after the initial voting, Divinity went and rallied it ass off, and though it made no difference whatsoever in the match, it did matter in the final percentages and extrapolated standings. What likely should have been a 72-28 beating turned into a 69-31 result, which actually kept Hearthstone from being at the bottom of the stats where it belongs. Divinity took its role as Contest Savior so seriously that it actually rallied in this match to keep the opponent it beat from finishing last in the stats! What a man's man! What a bro. Sucks that Hearthstone got to be the beneficiary here, but I see you working there Divinity. Good stuff.

This set up what would end up being an incredibly annoying round 3 match between the Pokemon and Nier fanbases, and it ended up being every bit as awful as one might think. We'll get there, don't worry.

With this, round 2 was in the books and the contest shifted to two matches per day instead of four.

Star of the Round - Shovel Knight. Of all the indie hype in this contest, only Shovel Knight managed to make it to round 3. That deserves Star honors on general principle.

Turd of the Round - Lots of, um.... wonderful manure to choose from here. I'm going to give it to Zelda: Link Between Worlds, because we'll never again be able to give a Zelda game Turd of the Round honors.

(The actual Turd of the Round is Kingdom Hearts 3.)

I only bother with stars and turds for the first two rounds unless something crazy happens, because the field is too weeded out by this point. On to round 3!

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