Board 8 > GameSpot Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1

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GameSpot contests are so poorly run that it makes me miss GameFAQs contests even more.

The only satisfaction I can derive from them is if I win money off of them.

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I tend to agree, yeah. Whatever novelty they had in being an "appetizer" for the gamefaqs is gone by now.

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I'm glad they shortened the rounds, but still, most of these matches were settled once 4chan stopped being silly, so we've been sitting here for five days with virtually nothing to talk about. Keeping track of the interesting matches isn't convenient either. I think that's the main thing where GameFAQs contests kill GameSpot contests. GameSpot's matches just stagnate because they take too darn long. Bacon hit a gold mine with 12-hour matches that keep things flowing and never lets things get bogged down in boring matches.

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Maybe the problem of not having anything to talk about isn't that the matches take "too long", but rather the amount of fodder there is. I mean, we have 32 matches we could discuss right now AT THE SAME TIME for crying out loud, but there are way too many obscure characters in there which we don't even know how weak they are.

I think that if Gamespot got all of their problems fixed, but keeping the same format which I honestly like and think that has a lot of potential, then their contests would be a blast.

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From: Advokaiser | #354
I mean, we have 32 matches we could discuss right now AT THE SAME TIME for crying out loud

Overload. It's too much.

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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
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Moogle took the lead over Athena last night. Neat.

yeah... kinda screw things up for me... Only had 3 match wrong before Moogle > Athena

I have Athena > Cortana next round... now that won't happen =(

Anyone wanna make a bet about when the next round will ACTUALLY start...
With GS tradition of always being late (and clearly now giving a ****) about the start of anything contest related, I'm guessing that next round will be up at......... 4:42 pm (eastern time)

Not having a set ending time is one thing Gamespot does screw up, though. They just say "We'll end it sometime today". What about matches that are really close and going back and forth, like the Moogle one? Are they just going to end in when their preferred character is winning?

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Voting is closed. Losing characters have a big fat ELIMINATED plastered on their pics. Shouldn't take long to get R2 up.

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It's only showing that up to Clank/Doc for me.

I guess they're "verifying" the results before starting the next round.

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New matches were posted. You can't vote yet though

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25 points, and I guaranteed lost 1 match this round.

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I'm at 27, and 1 guaranteed loss.
Barry "I have this" Burton losing against a horse... I hate Gamespot.

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I'm at 27 points as well.

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28 points and no guaranteed R2 losses, but I'm regretting taking Chocobo/Moogle to win another round.

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26 points at this point. Probably my biggest issue is taking Price over Launchpad, so that'll screw me in the end

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Shoot, only 25 points. At least my Elite Eight is looking solid (Zero/Garrus/Yoshi/Toad/Luigi/Cube/Diddy)... Chocobo > Tails pick looks like a blunder though!


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26 point with one guaranteed loss this round. Not terrible. Still wish I would have stuck with the joke picks. A damn it if Launchpad beats Zero and/or Einstein beats Yoshi.

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28 and no guaranteed losses. Looking good for me. :)

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New round is up.

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Looks like 4chan was quick. Every first page favorite is already down

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Rush winning, end match now!

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only 100ish votes recorded so far, so I don't know how accurate these are.

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Although Tails and Zero getting smashed, lol

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Whoo Launchpad and Einstein

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"Why must we always choose between certain death and probable death?"
"I'm in an epic battle to the death, FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!"

That implies Navi was supposed to beat Epona!

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Launchpad/Einstein/Agro/Epona final four confirmed.

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Toad was ahead at the beginning but is getting killed by Daxter now. who the f*** votes for Daxter?

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29 points in R1 for me. Thankfully, I had Wakka, Dog and Athena losing this round, so none of those losses are too bad.

Thank God for Minsc! That was one of my best upset picks in a long time.

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Murray currently at 58% on Luigi.

Sadly, we will never again see a MI character beating a legitimate character.

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Congratulations to BlAcK TuRtLe, the Guru champion for the 2010 GotD.

So I voted. Then logged on to my Gamespot account, and now I can vote again.

Did it not save my first votes or is really going to let me keep voting?

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I noticed that Gamespot has the banner to the matches on the front page so far, so its not like 4chan is just having their way here without any resistance. If they can take Lucca over Tails, this'll be a great contest.

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I won't buy there being resistance until Launchpad is under 70%, tbh.

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Hmm 25 no guaranteed losses, not bad considering I blindly guessed half.

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oh lawd

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No perfects after the first round, and only 4 -1s and 23 -2s. lol

2 of the -1's got Einstein wrong. lol

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I officially do not have anyone advancing to the final four now.

I wonder what the Gamespot users actually think of this terrible contest.

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My god, this contest is awful.

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I think this is Zero just being weak. Even though the vote totals for Launchpad blows away anyone else, Zero has less total votes than Toad and Navi. He seems to be a weaker character than Price. Even if 4chan wasn't intervening he might not be beating Launchpad since no character with his current vote total is winning a match.

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From: Dragon66116 | #389
My god, this contest is awful.

I know. GS should NEVER run contests like this. Plus there users are a bunch of morons.

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I checked GameSpot's home page, and the only advertising they have for this contest is a small banner that you have to scroll down to see. It isn't being advertised with the other main stories, and there isn't anything on the banner that indicates that Round 2 has started.

What the hell, GameSpot.

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Your Character Battle IX champion.

Maybe that's why they leave the rounds up for several days at a time.

LOL LusterSoldier, congratulations on being one of the lucky 7 guys out of 24000+ of people on having a 0-bracket.

I have 28 points, with no guaranteed losses this round IIRC.

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My bracket got glitched up and I lost everything in my bracket. I managed to get a screenshot of my intended bracket though.

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Aw.... that would've been awesome.

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28 pts in r1, decent. Had ROB going two matches though, and dunno what I was thinking with picking Louis over Clank. Maya and Wakka are the other mistakes.

also, haha at Einstein doubling Yoshi and Launchpad tripling Zero. Keep it going.
every one seed is losing their match, too. This might not last long with Luigi and Otacon, but Tails and Yoshi are getting destroyed early on.

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25 points

Missed advances were Wakka, Moogle, Daxter, Navi, Einstein, Cortana, and Elika.

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Nobody told me there was another Gamestop contest!

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Guru Contest Winner Black Turtle is a wonderful user.

And holy crap, is this contest marvelous! I can't believe what a beast Albert Einstein is.

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LinkMarioSamus posted...
25 points

Missed advances were Wakka, Moogle, Daxter, Navi, Einstein, Cortana, and Elika.

28 points

Missed: Wakka, Minsc, Einstein, and Murray.

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