Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1280

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Best Year in Gaming was boring because no one cared about it.

The previous contest was ruined for a lot of people by the rallies because we wanted a "traditional" contest. We pretty much have to accept we're never going to have those and just go with the rallies. Besides, at least the two games that benefited the most from rallies made sense - Undertale's popularity went viral at the time and Melee has a thriving tournament scene. And honestly the idea of a Breath of the Wild rally vs. a rally for some other recent popular game sounds pretty cool.

And honestly, how many matches will we get where the winner is outright different because of rallies? Not too many TBH. Yeah they may be able to decide the winners, but sometimes it's the journey that counts.

The Summer 2013 contest made no sense at all though. At least for the games contest there was method to the madness.
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LinkMarioSamus posted...

Best Year in Gaming was boring because no one cared about it.

Besides, at least the two games that benefited the most from rallies made sense - Undertale's popularity went viral at the time and Melee has a thriving tournament scene.

I feel like rallies are easy to explain in hindsight but we could find similar reasons for games that did not get rallied.

Most of us were blindsided by Undertale's viral popularity though.
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SBAllen posted...

Not going to elaborate right now, but this contest is being designed in a way to slow down the effectiveness of a rally.

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[GameFAQS - Theme of Allen]

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As long as I don't see any Undertale characters...

SwiftyDC posted...

Ditto nomination rally.

But isn't that a rally for everyone except ditto?
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Now I want Ditto in a contest just so we can have a match pic with the same character repeated, just with dots for eyes.
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Big Bob posted...

Now I want Ditto in a contest just so we can have a match pic with the same character repeated, just with dots for eyes.

I support this.

Big Bob posted...

Now I want Ditto in a contest just so we can have a match pic with the same character repeated, just with dots for eyes.

i can do this
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Big Bob posted...

Now I want Ditto in a contest just so we can have a match pic with the same character repeated, just with dots for eyes.

Guess I'm nominating Ditto now.
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If Ditto doesn't make the bracket, we should try to get a bonus match between Ditto and the winner just for the picture.
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/76873183

Whiskey_Nick's idea, and I think it's a great one.

Ditto champion incoming.
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SwiftyDC posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/76873183

Whiskey_Nick's idea, and I think it's a great one.

Ditto champion incoming.

https://imgur.com/AtdDWCU
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Any word on Guru noms yet?
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Polls for the next several days:

8/8/2018 - How big is your gaming backlog - games you own and plan to play, but haven't gotten around to yet?
8/9/2018 - On average, how many days a week do you play video games?
8/10/2018 - How often do you use GameFAQs on a portable device?
8/11/2018 - How punctual are you?
8/12/2018 - Do you bathe or shower?
8/13/2018 - Do you still own a Super Nintendo?
8/14/2018 - Do you still own a Sega Genesis?

Given that Allen has scheduled polls for several days in advance suggests he won't be around for several days, meaning we probably won't get the nomination form up and running until August 14th at the earliest.
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Some character is gonna get a boost mid contest due to a smash announcement lol
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is Simon Belmont going to be the strongest Castlevania character now
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i never got why simon was always so weak on this site

i'd love to see him get a boost from this
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Luigi deboost due to dying
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King K Rool
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Alucard finally gets something to boost his popularity.
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Could Sephiroth and Crono become the weak links of the NN since they're the only non-smash characters?
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I dunno. The idea of Sonic beating Sephiroth still seems really bizarre to me.

I'd love to see it happen though!
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If Squirtle can beat Cloud, it's not weird to think Sonic can beat Sephiroth.
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unless Sonic magically became a Pokeymanz while I wasn't looking I still don't buy it
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FF7 has dropped enough that Vincent can struggle vs KOS-MOS and lose to Phoenix, while Cloud can lose to a Pokemon. Why couldn't Sephiroth have fallen enough for Sonic to beat him? Especially without the FF7 remake in the news.
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those were multi-way matches and Vincent had one of the worst pictures ever against Mewtwo/Phoenix

I think Cloud would've beaten Squirtle 1-on-1
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LeonhartFour posted...

is Simon Belmont going to be the strongest Castlevania character now

Richter > Simon. But Alucard will still beat them both unless they are god tier in smash.
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Being too good in Smash isn't necessarily a good thing either. SSB4 should still be a net positive for Bayonetta but it wouldn't surprise me if she has a sizable anti-vote base.
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The anti-votes wouldn't be enough to offset the many votes that could come from other people only knowing who Bayonetta is thanks to Smash Bros. The only ones really mad about Bayonetta are the ones who played the game a lot. (It also looks like she's been nerfed quite a lot in Smash Ultimate.)
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swirIdude posted...

FF7 has dropped enough that Vincent can struggle vs KOS-MOS and lose to Phoenix, while Cloud can lose to a Pokemon. Why couldn't Sephiroth have fallen enough for Sonic to beat him? Especially without the FF7 remake in the news.

Who gets more anti votes

Cloud or sephiroth cause the game is overrated to many and the new FF games suck? Plus no new news about the FFVII remake? If that was shown in full glory at E3 I'd think otherwise

OR sonic cause the fan boys are amongst the worst ever for a video game franchise? And while sonic games are still relevant 99% of them are absolutely abysmal?
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Do FF7 characters get anti-votes?
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bwburke94 posted...

Do FF7 characters get anti-votes?

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I will always anti-vote FF7 until they finally stop winning these damn contests !!

No, I don't remember the last time anything FF won a contest, why do you ask?
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if anyone is interested I am doing an analysis of the Summer 2013 contest, it's kind of a trip down memory lane but also secretly a way for me to advertise my Metal Sonic nomination rally and also try to get back into the analyzing groove so I can win the guru this year.

Feel free to join me and point out how wrong I am about most of my observations:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/76880099
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LeonhartFour posted...

bwburke94 posted...

Do FF7 characters get anti-votes?

notsureifserious.jpg

I have a select few FF games and characters I love but as far as FFVII is concerned I was never a fan and while sephiroth was a cool dude cloud will always be a wanker and I'll antivote him every single time
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swirIdude posted...

If Squirtle can beat Cloud, it's not weird to think Sonic can beat Sephiroth.

Sonic has had like, ONE well-received game over the past five years? Plus he was fresh off of Colors and Generations last character contest and that sure helped him a lot.
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LinkMarioSamus posted...

swirIdude posted...

If Squirtle can beat Cloud, it's not weird to think Sonic can beat Sephiroth.

Sonic has had like, ONE well-received game over the past five years? Plus he was fresh off of Colors and Generations last character contest and that sure helped him a lot.

Sonic is that uncle at family gatherings who's fat, divorced, broke, and an alcoholic. You gotta show a little love cause family and a few decent memories from decades ago but he's never going to be much of a man.
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LinkMarioSamus posted...

swirIdude posted...

If Squirtle can beat Cloud, it's not weird to think Sonic can beat Sephiroth.

Sonic has had like, ONE well-received game over the past five years?

That's still one more than Sephiroth had in the same five years, isn't it?
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Mania and Mania Plus were the best selling Sonic games in like a decade or something. They got great reviews, too. Even a short animated series that got a decent amount of views.

But on the other hand Forces came out right after Mania and it was aaaaaaaass. Really, really bad. The DLC with Shadow as awful, too. It really put a stain on how great Mania was.

There's also a live-action movie coming out and it looks pretty bad. Jim Carrey as live action Eggman. What timeline is this?

So yeah Sonic probably isn't super strong but at least he's staying relevant
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Jim Carrey as Eggman was the best casting decision ever made.
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also Sonic Boom was an amazing TV show and more people should watch it
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I have seen all of Sonic Boom! I even have DVD rips I put aside to show my kids someday. Really great show. Shame there probably won't be a season 3.
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I'm not sure if bad Sonic games really hurt Sonic much these days. Everybody just expects new Sonic games to suck, so most people only bother with the good ones. I think would probably take a huge string of consistently bad games or a massive Sonic 2006-level failure to really swing opinions on him much. Without that, he'll probably be fine just riding nostalgia and the occasional good game.

Also, I think it helps that pretty much everybody regards the Sonic franchise as a bit of a joke these days. It makes it very hard for anything bad to really stick because it's just Sonic being Sonic.
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Xeybozn posted...

LinkMarioSamus posted...

swirIdude posted...

If Squirtle can beat Cloud, it's not weird to think Sonic can beat Sephiroth.

Sonic has had like, ONE well-received game over the past five years?

That's still one more than Sephiroth had in the same five years, isn't it?

Nothing vs. a lot of crap, take your pick.

Speaking of contests, are people still particularly sour about Undertale crushing the games contest? I kind of was at the time but since then I've found out that the game had achieved viral popularity everyone on the Interwebs so at least that explains it.
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I wasn't around during the games contest but I popped in once and a while to check and I wasn't surprised

I never played Undertale and I don't want to, everyone was constantly fellating it and it just killed my interest. A fanbase that "passionate" kills my interest in anything.
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ZenOfThunder posted...

A fanbase that "passionate" kills my interest in anything.

So you hate sonic games then ?
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I actually haven't mentioned it to anyone until now, but I started playing Undertale like a month ago with a little bit of hype. Haven't had much time lately to advance more though, but the overall popularity was the thing that convinced me to play it.
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