Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1298

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LeonhartFour posted...

Eh, the difference is that he was facing a character who has a really strong Euro vote. Phoenix is killing Ike in Europe right now.

Europe's mostly terrible video game opinions strike again. :(

theawesomestevr posted...

Europe's mostly terrible video game opinions strike again. :(

Europe's video game opinions are mostly rock solid

except for some reason Charizard is 55/45ing Bowser in the UK right now
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Sounds like UK has the right opinion on Zard/Bowser to me

oh wait right they never got Super Mario RPG so they don't know the awesomeness that is RPG Bowser

okay it makes sense
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swordz9 posted...

Sounds like UK has the right opinion on Zard/Bowser to me

"man these results are so boring all the time"

*votes to maintain these boring results*
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Man. What a difference a few updates can make.
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I mean Charizard upsetting Bowser would be the upset not the status quo.
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Team Rocket Elite posted...

I mean Charizard upsetting Bowser would be the upset not the status quo.

those plucky underdog Pokemon

when will they ever catch a break
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As if Bowser winning isnt more boring. Hes definitely not the underdog in that match

the only thing more boring than Pokemon winning is Zelda winning
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So basically any result is boring to you

Why are you posting in this topic
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Bowser is giving me renewed hope in Yoshi. Too bad Senior Snake has to be the one to step up against Red.

Speaking of that division, did I miss any discussion about Alucard winning it? He's gotta be the favorite against Kefka, at least.
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

Bowser is giving me renewed hope in Yoshi. Too bad Senior Snake has to be the one to step up against Red.

Speaking of that division, did I miss any discussion about Alucard winning it? He's gotta be the favorite against Kefka, at least.

I'd call the Alucard/Kefka winner the favorite to beat Red/Big Boss at this point, honestly.

I wouldn't rule out Kefka though. If Bomberman can be higher than L-Block in the X-Stats, why not Yuna? Especially with how good Crash and Spyro have looked.
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

Speaking of that division, did I miss any discussion about Alucard winning it? He's gotta be the favorite against Kefka, at least.

There a decent amount of it. I think most people are still banking on Kefka/Red due to familiarity but personally if I could change my bracket I would go all-in on The Plan.
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2B winning isnt a boring result so theyre not all boring. Geralt was a nice surprise as well given how shit all the other western game characters have been looking this contest. There are a few non-boring matches, but sorry if Im not excited to see predictable 60/70-40/30 beatdowns for the others

I don't care if you're not excited about a lot of contest results. If you're not a stathead or a diehard Nintendo fan, not a lot of this contest is going to be fun for you. You do, however, devote a large amount of your time on this board complaining about the contests and its a little weird. No one's forcing you to post in the Stats topic.
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I tell you what poll results I'm not excited about

the Texas senate race
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Oh man I just realized we would get Cloud/Kefka if he wins this division.

I'd...actually be strangely curious to see that one, especially with how crazy Kefka's board vote has been.
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TheKoolAidShoto posted...

I tell you what poll results I'm not excited about

the Texas senate race

please include a trigger warning for offensive and upsetting content

thank you
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I'd go with Alucard easy if I knew we'd keep these SBAllen pics through the division finals. He looks the best of the bunch. If we get user pics in R4, there's that slim chance Red gets three Pilachus and a Blastoise next to him, not sure if even The Plan can manage that.
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

I'd go with Alucard easy if I knew we'd keep these SBAllen pics through the division finals. He looks the best of the bunch. If we get user pics in R4, there's that slim chance Red gets three Pilachus and a Blastoise next to him, not sure if even The Plan can manage that.

On the other hand, we send Kefka to Round 4 with user submitted pictures....
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Not that it's stated anywhere in the rules, but I'm like 99% sure that Allen wouldn't allow other characters to share the same match pic as one.
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if we could just get Big Boss to the user made pics rounds (assuming they exist)
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KamikazePotato posted...

Not that it's stated anywhere in the rules, but I'm like 99% sure that Allen wouldn't allow other characters to share the same match pic as one.

Red could still clean up in solo match pics. The Gen 1 Gameboy aesthetic was a big of a part of the Trainers' success in Rivalry Rumble as anything else.
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I think the effect of Old Man Big Boss pics on his performance is being somewhat overstated. It matters but it's not a huge factor. I'd be really surprised if he won this division even with Naked Snake pics - his first two performances were just too bad.
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Pretty much the only character in Division 3 who wouldn't benefit from a switch to user-made pics is Alucard.
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KamikazePotato posted...

I think the effect of Old Man Big Boss pics on his performance is being somewhat overstated. It matters but it's not a huge factor. I'd be really surprised if he won this division even with Naked Snake pics - his first two performances were just too bad.

Well yeah, he's clearly not what he was in 2010 or 2013. If he were somehow strong enough to beat Red anyway, I think a change in the pic format probably helps at least somewhat.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Pretty much the only character in Division 3 who wouldn't benefit from a switch to user-made pics is Alucard.

And even then, he's a wash at worst. I can't even imagine how that would really go wrong for him.
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_SecretSquirrel posted...

LeonhartFour posted...

Pretty much the only character in Division 3 who wouldn't benefit from a switch to user-made pics is Alucard.

And even then, he's a wash at worst. I can't even imagine how that would really go wrong for him.

Well yeah, he wouldn't look bad unless he somehow got a sprite or something. It's just that the others would improve relative to him.
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I think Kefka looks pretty much as good as he's going to.

I was a proponent of Brawl Pokemon Trainer pics hurting him back in the day, but I don't think it's much of a factor anymore. There was a lot of confusion back then about what 'Pokemon Trainer Red' was supposed to represent, but since then we've moved away from Brawl and Red has appeared in a lot of new media sporting his updated redesign, so it's a lot more obvious than Pokemon Trainer Red is...well, Red.
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Who's stronger - Sprite Red or Sprite Kefka?
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Kefka can still improve by getting a sprite picture.
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if we animated match pics, SOTN Alucard would win in a walk(pun not intended)

man has the greatest 2d walking animation of all time

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/vsbattles/images/4/49/Alucard-walk-cycle.gif
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TheKoolAidShoto posted...

if we animated match pics, SOTN Alucard would win in a walk(pun not intended)

man has the greatest 2d walking animation of all time

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/vsbattles/images/4/49/Alucard-walk-cycle.gif

But he doesn't have the greatest laughing animation of all time.
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LOL Charizard. Sora got 45% on Bowser in 2010, so from this results you'd logically conclude Red > Zard which feels off. Pikachu > Red > Zard > Mewtwo?? Pokemon is so weird.
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Pikachu feels like the strongest Pokemon by a lot at this point, but I've thought that way for a while.

Mewtwo's the only one who could potentially challenge him since we don't totally know what that performance on GlaDOS was worth.
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Red was already projected to beat Zard in 2013, and Zard was probably overrated in that year to start with. We're just seeing his true non-rally non-bandwagon strength here.
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jacko_vdz posted...

LOL Charizard. Sora got 45% on Bowser in 2010, so from this results you'd logically conclude Red > Zard which feels off. Pikachu > Red > Zard > Mewtwo?? Pokemon is so weird.

Sora also appears to be weaker now than he was in 2010.

Also, I would put Red below Charizard and Mewtwo. The Pokemon fanbase definitely prefers the actual Pokemon over the human characters.
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If Pikachu can beat Squirtle head to head even after he beat Cloud, yeah I think Pika is the strongest too.
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also there was some question about it at the time but is there any doubt left that DK hurt Zelda more than he hurt Charizard in 2013?

I mean I guess it's fine if he didn't because it makes Squall look better but still...!
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Red was projected to beat Sora too! I'm surprised Sora was such a heavy favorite, all things considered. I picked Sora but always considered it a coinflip match.
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I'm not surprised Sora was the heavy favorite. People expected KH3 hype to mean something. It just didn't.
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LeonhartFour posted...

I'm not surprised Sora was the heavy favorite. People expected KH3 hype to mean something. It just didn't.

that shit like 10 years too late to matter right now
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LeonhartFour posted...

also there was some question about it at the time but is there any doubt left that DK hurt Zelda more than he hurt Charizard in 2013?

Still doubt it. Not saying it's impossible or even unlikely, but Zelda is almost never on the ass end of SFF, and DK as a character is more similar to Charizaard than Zelda.
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KH is getting punished because we've literally had 11 contests since the last time a numbered entry was released
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Ytterbicide posted...

DK as a character is more similar to Charizaard than Zelda.

wow are you saying all non-humans are the same

this is sarcasm just in case there's any question
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KH3 might have helped more if it actually released and it's a good game.

Hype probably isn't all that helpful, especially when there's a game a lot closer to now that truly has the hype. That, and the reaction to KH3 seems to be more "about damn time" than "OMG KH3 is a couple months away!"
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0.2 is a number!
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mnkboy907 posted...

0.2 is a number!

I figured someone would make a 358/2 Days joke but this works too I guess
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