Board 8 > Do you actually want a contest?

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VeryInsane
08/01/18 3:45:20 PM
#1:


Do you? - Results (25 votes)
Yeah, I'm salivating at the mouth to talk about stats and brag about my bracket
40% (10 votes)
10
Nah, I feel like the board is at its worst during contest season as the randos are obnoxious
8% (2 votes)
2
I honestly don't care
52% (13 votes)
13
Since there's so much contest discussion, do you actually want a contest?
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scarletspeed7
08/01/18 3:46:25 PM
#2:


I like contests, so yes. They're fun and it's something different that injects a little excitement into the monotony of the board.
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pjbasis
08/01/18 3:51:00 PM
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Mr Lasastryke
08/01/18 3:51:04 PM
#4:


sure.

tbqh i don't hate rallies and i don't think they "ruined" the contests. they just add another element of unpredictability you have to deal with when filling in your bracket.
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Arti
08/01/18 3:53:02 PM
#5:


pjbasis posted...
Theyre never bad.


Best Year in Gaming
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red13n
08/01/18 3:53:41 PM
#6:


yes
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pjbasis
08/01/18 3:54:51 PM
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Arti posted...
pjbasis posted...
Theyre never bad.


Best Year in Gaming


I mean even a bad contest isn't bad to have around.
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__LeiaRolando__
08/01/18 3:57:26 PM
#8:


damn brackets and whatnot
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MegaWentEvil
08/01/18 4:05:14 PM
#9:


Yes, but if it's a character battle, I hope I don't see Undertale characters.
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Xiahou Shake
08/01/18 4:20:21 PM
#10:


I'm neutral. Contests are usually fun but Best Year in Gaming was such a disappointment that I'd honestly rather it have never happened.
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LeonhartFour
08/01/18 4:23:45 PM
#11:


give me something that I will inevitably disappointed by

but I am ready to be disappointed
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Tom Bombadil
08/01/18 7:05:06 PM
#12:


Somewhere between "yes" and "don't care." Most of the magic is gone for me now that rallying is a thing, but I'd say the pros still outweigh the cons, and with b8 and gamefaqs slowly dying anything that gives either a reason to stick around is probably good >_>
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Advokaiser
08/01/18 7:11:19 PM
#13:


Voted yes. I honestly enjoy every contest to some extent. Best Year in Gaming was pretty nice all around except for the clear rig and poor management. CBIX and BGE2015 were completely ruined, though, but what can you do.
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Tekashi69
08/01/18 7:15:09 PM
#14:


scarletspeed7 posted...
I like contests, so yes. They're fun and it's something different that injects a little excitement into the monotony of the board.

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CelesMyUserName
08/01/18 7:20:23 PM
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I don't really enjoy them but the flooding is always annoying

so no
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XIII_rocks
08/01/18 7:23:05 PM
#16:


Yes, it briefly centralizes an otherwise highly disparate board.

It's the only thing we basically all have in common now apart from "video games".
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Lopen
08/01/18 7:23:44 PM
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Don't care leaning yes. Don't expect anything good out of one, would have to practically force hype unless something really shocking occurred, but would prefer one existing over a blank
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NowItsAngeTime
08/01/18 7:38:36 PM
#18:


Yes, the hipsters who cry about Contest Season makes me wonder why they were even here in the first place...
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Ngamer64
08/01/18 7:46:55 PM
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YEAH but don't launch it for two weeks yet please SB I'm still on vacation.


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LiquidOshawott
08/01/18 7:47:17 PM
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I feel like those people complaining wouldnt be satisfied either way

Either contest gets rally to start that crushes field and people complain about other sites deciding stuff

Or there is no rallying and people complain that the contest is predictable
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CelesMyUserName
08/01/18 7:55:35 PM
#21:


NowItsAngeTime posted...
Yes, the hipsters who cry about Contest Season makes me wonder why they were even here in the first place...

because of the link exchange between PotD and B8
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tazzyboyishere
08/01/18 8:00:10 PM
#22:


Eh, they're fun up until the rallies and then the board gets flooded with trolls, which makes it super annoying.
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CelesMyUserName
08/01/18 8:04:38 PM
#23:


yeah the issue with rallies isn't the changing of votes as it is just annual update of the latest slang for 'u mad' by board invaders

one year it was butthurt, then salty... I don't think I see salty anymore and I don't know what its successor is............ I'd like to keep it that way
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LiquidOshawott
08/01/18 8:10:13 PM
#24:


Well first it was reddit then tumblr

Twitch is next right

Get ready for Omegalul and a ton of emote use (we still have emojis right)
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Mr Lasastryke
08/01/18 8:12:14 PM
#25:


NowItsAngeTime posted...
Yes, the hipsters who cry about Contest Season makes me wonder why they were even here in the first place...


i came here in '04 and back then the contests weren't exactly what they've become now. i still like them but i can understand why people are done with them.
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swirIdude
08/01/18 8:16:20 PM
#26:


I want the contest but I don't want the whiners. Unfortunately, we get both or neither.
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swirIdude
08/01/18 8:21:26 PM
#27:


LiquidOshawott posted...
Well first it was reddit then tumblr

Twitch is next right


Does Fortnite have any named characters?
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norenxaq
08/01/18 8:41:13 PM
#28:


sw: we have contest whiners regardless of whether there is one.

this and recent topics are examples
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foolm0r0n
08/01/18 8:58:46 PM
#29:


best year in gaming 2.0 come on sballen
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NFUN
08/01/18 9:03:12 PM
#30:


foolm0r0n posted...
best year in gaming 2.0 come on sballen

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Raka_Putra
08/01/18 9:28:02 PM
#31:


I don't really like the annoying people raiding our board.

But then again each contest we get at least one or two new cool regulars who stick around and stuff. So I can bear with it.
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08/01/18 9:39:15 PM
#32:


swirIdude posted...
LiquidOshawott posted...
Well first it was reddit then tumblr

Twitch is next right


Does Fortnite have any named characters?

Next contest should be a battle royale instead of a bunch of 1v1s.
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Advokaiser
08/01/18 9:53:18 PM
#33:


LiquidOshawott posted...
I feel like those people complaining wouldnt be satisfied either way

Either contest gets rally to start that crushes field and people complain about other sites deciding stuff

Or there is no rallying and people complain that the contest is predictable


This, actually.

Also, people complaining about a contest being predictable is something beyond my comprehension.
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LeonhartFour
08/01/18 10:20:06 PM
#34:


NowItsAngeTime posted...
Yes, the hipsters who cry about Contest Season makes me wonder why they were even here in the first place...


go back to the Board 8 Reddit
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LusterSoldier
08/03/18 8:42:25 PM
#35:


Ngamer64 posted...
YEAH but don't launch it for two weeks yet please SB I'm still on vacation.


Sounds like it could be launched as early as next week, based on the topic that SB posted earlier today.

SB will probably make several teaser topics that include hints regarding the format of the contest, which is why it probably won't launch before next Friday at the earliest.
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XIII_rocks
08/03/18 8:48:35 PM
#36:


Advokaiser posted...
LiquidOshawott posted...
I feel like those people complaining wouldnt be satisfied either way

Either contest gets rally to start that crushes field and people complain about other sites deciding stuff

Or there is no rallying and people complain that the contest is predictable


This, actually.

Also, people complaining about a contest being predictable is something beyond my comprehension.


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Dragonclaw_ZERO
08/03/18 9:48:06 PM
#37:


It hasn't really been that fun for awhile since most GFaqs regulars stopped caring about the contests, and with the voter totals being so low, it seems the Polls basically been abandoned except for the inevitable rallies.

I'm thinking it's time we let it go. It's not like GameFAQs has aged all that well anyay...
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davidponte
08/03/18 11:26:13 PM
#38:


The board is hilariously awful during contests so it's worth it just for that.
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SwiftyDC
08/03/18 11:56:34 PM
#39:


Yes, it's one of the reasons why I still come to this site.
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NFUN
08/03/18 11:59:13 PM
#40:


Raka_Putra posted...
I don't really like the annoying people raiding our board.

But then again each contest we get at least one or two new cool regulars who stick around and stuff. So I can bear with it.

Citation needed.

Who was cool that joined from BYIG?
Who was cool that joined from BGE?
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Lopen
08/06/18 11:32:15 AM
#41:


LiquidOshawott posted...
Or there is no rallying and people complain that the contest is predictable


I don't like the implication that rallying is unpredictable here.

I mean at bracket time calling the exact source that'll make the push isn't but once it starts that's game over. You'd have more hope of Link losing to Mario.

We're at the point where I'd appreciate a boring ass textbook Link win as something that's unpredictable.
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Dark Young Link
08/06/18 11:51:08 AM
#42:


tazzyboyishere posted...
Eh, they're fun up until the rallies and then the board gets flooded with trolls, which makes it super annoying.

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ShatteredElysium
08/06/18 11:54:32 AM
#43:


Don't really care either way. That probably changes if Oracle happens but that's pretty much the only reason I have an interest in contests now
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Hardcore_Adult
08/06/18 12:42:43 PM
#44:


Not fussed tbh.

Everyone generally turns about 60% more Toxic anyhow during these (2013 case in point) but if people want one, who am I to stop it?
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trdl23
08/06/18 1:16:41 PM
#45:


NFUN posted...
Who was cool that joined from BGE?

Didnt you join from BGE?
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LeonhartFour
08/06/18 1:32:02 PM
#46:


trdl23 posted...
NFUN posted...
Who was cool that joined from BGE?

Didnt you join from BGE?


what's your point
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trdl23
08/06/18 1:34:50 PM
#47:


LeonhartFour posted...
trdl23 posted...
NFUN posted...
Who was cool that joined from BGE?

Didnt you join from BGE?


what's your point

I mean I also joined from BGE but Im already aware that nobody likes me, while NFUN is actually a pretty good user
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foolm0r0n
08/06/18 2:19:03 PM
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I do enjoy how insanely different b8 becomes during a contest and then not even 1 week after it's over it's like nothing ever happened
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