Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1038

(+) Yeah! (+)

Lopen calling New Mexico North Mexico is the best part of this contest.

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Wow, this is impressive. Go Link!

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Game of the decade? More like Guru of the decade mirite?

Ok, I've had enough of watching this trainwreck. Congrats Link, enjoy your 55% on Cloud for the first time ever. Let's go the doubling in the final, and best of luck not getting removed from the bracket.

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2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud.
Link 6, Cloud 2

Okay it's kinda freezed at 61 38

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Rivalries matter

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I lost my girl and lost to Black Turtle. Can't get worse.

From: WarThaNemesis2 | #351
Lopen calling New Mexico North Mexico is the best part of this contest.

True dat.

Depressing.

We need contests that aren't related to video game characters or games. Seriously.

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Waiting for other people to spin this into "Link should still be in contests he can still lose"

It should be funny

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

MarioSuperstar posted...
Rivalries matter

As in, the rivalry with Ganondorf is stronger than any others.

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Waiting for other people to spin this into "Link should still be in contests he can still lose"

Link should still be in these contests because Link deserves to win every year. Every single year.

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2002 Link, 2003 Cloud, 2004 Link, 2005 Link, 2006 Link, 2008 Link, 2010 Link, 2011 Cloud.
Link 6, Cloud 2

Woah.

Have people seen the final battle pick form

It's pretty sweet.

ALSO, when are we supposed to pick for that match?? I was never able to pick for today's...

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I swear I've seen that exact same percentage for 15 minutes now.

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From: pjbasis | #358
MarioSuperstar posted...
Rivalries matter

As in, the rivalry with Ganondorf is stronger than any others.

Good thing it took the entire contest to realize this.

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From: pjbasis | #361
I swear I've seen that exact same percentage for 15 minutes now.

Pretty close! It was 61.98% 15 minutes ago and 61.89% for the last two.

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at least this will finally convince Allen that having Link in a contest is a bad idea.

and you know what screw these contests hopefully this is the last of them.

This performance from Cloud/Seph is so embarrassing that it's almost surreal to watch.

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This is amazing. I don't even really care about Link, but watching him destroy this match is really satisfying. Looks like people should give up hope of Cloud ever beating Link again.

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Getting rid of Link doesn't fix anything. Mario will just be next guy up. I mean look how much Nintendo just dominated this, is anyone seriously going to take Cloud > Mario?

I say keep the contests if only for the sole reason of prizes, I'd prefer to get rid of battle though, after this hivemind fiasco.

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I was born there and I know what the state is called.

Only someone who hasn't lived in North Mexico would claim it has a different name!

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This is a cute and pop genocide of love!

Pokemon could crush these guys even better than Link can and Link would still win.

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Predictable contest is predictable. It's part of the "LAW" of gamefaqs.

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I was about to throw away my MW2 and my mom is like STOP that goes in the recycle bin.

It took Mario/Bowser 7.5 hours to get a 1,000 vote lead yesterday. Link/Ganondorf took 45 minutes.

Wouldn't have predicted that.

Well...so Kerrigan and Raynor finished ahead of Leon and Ada in the stats? Holy darn.

I never thought Kerrigan and Raynor could be that "strong", consider that that rivalry is in a series best known for its multiplayer. Maybe StarCraft II did boost Kerrigan after all.

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Guaranteed to finish in the top 6 (barring a wacky upset tomorrow), now it just depends on the tiebreaker

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AxemRedRanger posted...
Is Vyse still our fodder line? I can't imagine Harry Potter dropping matches to him.

No, Vyse is clearly fodder now, and verging on being bad fodder at that. Forget beating Laharl in a rematch, he would have a good chance of losing to Neku.

For what it's worth, the GOTD stats have Skies > TWEWY > Disgaea, and a rather big gap between each.

You think Skies might be overrated in the GOTD stats due to a possible Portal overperformance against RE4? 'Cuz if it isn't, it implies that the likes of TWEWY, Dragon Quest VIII, Valkyria Chronicles, Persona 3, Deus Ex, and Metroid Fusion all lose to Baldur's Gate II.

Also yay Samus's rivalry finishes ahead of X's in the stats. So much for rivalry factor I guess.

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From: Xuxon | #349
No, this match just proves we never had a shot. The only people that had a shot that won't win are people that picked differently in Dante/Sora/Squall, or had Chell > Frog.

:(

****ing Dante gonna cost me a prize.

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For what it's worth, the GOTD stats have Skies > TWEWY > Disgaea, and a rather big gap between each.

And this doesn't matter even slightly.

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From: LinkMarioSamus | #374
Also yay Samus's rivalry finishes ahead of X's in the stats. So much for rivalry factor I guess.

Samus has a damn good rivalry
Ridley KILLED HER PARENTS

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The Raven 2 posted...
Guaranteed to finish in the top 6 (barring a wacky upset tomorrow), now it just depends on the tiebreaker

I'm going to finish either 10th or 11th. Pretty good for somebody who took Yuna in the first round.

This will be my 3rd top 20 contest finish. Wonder if anyone else can beat that? Of course, the last two were in the 1990s...

One of the most disappointing results in a long time.

Damn Link and Zelda.

Oh well, back to playing Skyward Sword.

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Oh right, yesterday's chart:

Time | Mowser | Red/Blue | Votes | Demographic
EBV | 50.54% | 49.46% | 742 | (0:00-0:05)
PHV | 50.55% | 49.45% | 5294 | (0:00-1:00)
FNV | 53.45% | 46.55% | 10733 | (1:00-6:00)
BSV | 55.66% | 44.34% | 5221 | (6:00-9:00)
DSV | 57.43% | 42.57% | 14074 | (9:00-14:30)
ASV | 57.06% | 42.94% | 13767 | (14:30-22:00)
SNV | 57.57% | 42.43% | 2781 | (22:00-24:00)

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WarThaNemesis2 posted...
This is GameFAQs' revenge on everyone who anti-voted Epona in the NRT.

No disagreements here!


We've often talked about how much all things FF7'y would boost if it got a remake, right? This year, LoZ:OoT's 3D-remake launched (more or less) a handheld outselling the DS, then LoZ:SS released mid-contest. All of this is during LoZ's heavily advertised twenty-fifth anniversary, too. Today's results may be the outcome of that flood of focus.

This is still mighty damn ugly, Cloud and Sephiroth.

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Nominate E P O N A.

Mexico teaches their kids that Arizona and New Mexico are "North Mexico" and that la reconquista will reconquer the land from America. Learn your current events!

Also I can't believe no one posted this yet:

Link 60.49% 56402
Santa Claus 39.51% 36846
TOTAL VOTES 93248

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"When a man has pity on all living creatures, then only is he noble." -Buddha

So is anyone actually opposed to a pair of fictional character not originating from video games vs Link/Ganondorf in a bonus match to test the waters for potentially the next contest?

Especially after his domination, and the foreseeable domination of Mario and Bowser?

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Skyward Sword boost.

Time for the champ to be retired for good. No one's ever touching Link again.

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Wow, I was expecting a boring 55-45.

This is so bad it's just hilarious.

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Wow this result is hilarious. This should be close right? Link is Link but Seph > Ganon and Cloud Seph have the more personal relationship after all.

NOPE DOESN'T MEAN S*** THIS IS LINK COUNTRY

I am going to laugh my ass off if this holds and the final x-stats have Link at 50 and nobody else even breaks 40.

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Cloud finally makes a cut in Link's lead with that update. Link is winning by 2586. He should be fine heading into the late night.

This is disgusting. That is all.

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red sox 777 posted...
Link should still be in these contests because Link deserves to win every year. Every single year.

I thought the only people who thought this would happen were anti-Link conspirators whose only goal was to see him removed from contests, as opposed to people with common sense.

But hey I suppose the drone argument is irrelevant because Zelda fans aren't >_>

In other news: XFD this is ridiculous, ban this guy.

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Oh hey, they actually fell under 60%.

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special_sauce posted...
From: LinkMarioSamus | #374
Also yay Samus's rivalry finishes ahead of X's in the stats. So much for rivalry factor I guess.
Samus has a damn good rivalry
Ridley KILLED HER PARENTS

Gee, I've been trying to get that across that Samus has a "damn good rivalry" (well I haven't really been trying hard, but still!). A few weeks ago I was thinking about the main goals that Bowser, Dr. Robotnik, and Ridley (and Ganondorf, but I really don't want to discuss him) have, and...

Bowser - Kidnap Peach to eventually destroy the Mushroom Kingdom.
Dr. Robotnik - Cover the world with machinery and eliminate all wilderness.
Ridley - "Finish what he started" - aka kill Samus.

In Bowser's and Robotnik's cases, the villain is heading for world conquest, and the hero simply stands in their way. Ridley, like Bowser and Robotnik, is also the leader of an "army", but he's seen with his "troops" far less frequently than Bowser and Robotnik are, and usually whenever he appears, he's trying to impede on Samus's progress at the very least, if not outright kill her. I guess their encounter at Ceres Space Station at the beginning of Super Metroid could throw a monkey wrench into this train of thought...or maybe it doesn't! Ridley has his hands full with stealing a baby metroid, and plus why else would he camouflage himself aside from pulling off a surprise attack?

The bottom line is that Ridley is probably more concerned with killing Samus than with world domination, and Samus obviously knows it.

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HaRRicH posted...
WarThaNemesis2 posted...
This is GameFAQs' revenge on everyone who anti-voted Epona in the NRT.

No disagreements here!


We've often talked about how much all things FF7'y would boost if it got a remake, right? This year, LoZ:OoT's 3D-remake launched (more or less) a handheld outselling the DS, then LoZ:SS released mid-contest. All of this is during LoZ's heavily advertised twenty-fifth anniversary, too. Today's results may be the outcome of that flood of focus.

This is still mighty damn ugly, Cloud and Sephiroth.

Neither Ocarina of Time 3D or Skyward Sword fared very well at all in anticipation polls, however,

On the other hand though, maybe the voters are smarter than we think and have deduced that rivalry =/= in-person encounter - Ganondorf talks to Link four times in Ocarina of Time even though he only sees him twice, after all!

Yes, I recently watched an LP of Ocarina of Time and I completely forgive the game for all the crap I've given it in the past few months.

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Cloud/Sephiroth currently losing in Europe.
They're not even trying to save some pride here.

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I smell shenanigans in Delaware

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4571&region=USXDE

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There's no gravity between us. Our love is automatic.

I swore Ridley's rival was walls.

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No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!

And to think people said Batman could beat this guy. :smug:

I may be tempting the fates on this one, but I'm starting to think now would be the time for a Luigi/Squall rematch.

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Okay this is getting ridiculous.Yeah I know Link is popular all right but nobody has a change to beat him.All others can lose but Link?Never.I don't understand it.Anyway we may see Link winning at the finals with 75%.Awesome.

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"North Mexico?"

According to Scott Steiner, that is that suckhole country we call Canada, and he apologizes to all the Mexicans out there.

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