Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1305

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

What are you talking about, Tifa JUST rallied herself from what should have been a ~400 vote deficit to win the match. How can you complain about Undertale and Draven, and in the same breath celebrate what just happened? Am I the only person confused by this?

If you cannot see the clear difference between these two things, there's literally nothing we can do to help you fam.
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We might have a match here
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Let's go Vivi!!!!
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where were the porn rallies for D.Va?
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Zero is holding up alright against Pikachu I think.

I don't like that this implies that Wario is decent.
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Oh hai Vivi, nice to see you're still here.
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ALAKA posted...

Yuri_LowelI posted...

Ganondorf winning would be so pointless. He will literally get Quadrupled by Link. Will make Vivi in the X stats look like shit

Doesn't that outcome prove how ridiculous these xstats are. It's been like two decades, come up with a better math formula already.

yeah i don't care about the Xstats.

Just saying A link/Ganon Poll is going to be the most one sided in the finals bracket.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

What are you talking about, Tifa JUST rallied herself from what should have been a ~400 vote deficit to win the match. How can you complain about Undertale and Draven, and in the same breath celebrate what just happened? Am I the only person confused by this?

If you cannot see the clear difference between these two things, there's literally nothing we can do to help you fam.

I mean the fact that he thinks he would have been a 400 vote deficit says it all really.

The VIVINATOR
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Well, it is official. Tifa vs. X gave 2018 its first representation on the all-time Top 25 closest matches, coming in at #22. It's the tenth-closest 1v1 match of all time.

(Of course, the former figure doesn't count close races where both entrants were eliminated anyway, like SFIV-P4 in 2009 or Kratos Aurion-Boko in 2013)

2015 has no representation on the Top 25, so this marks the closest match since Mega Man-Charizard at the end of Round 3 in 2013.
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omg
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Hmm damn if I didn't bank so much on Pokefear my Vivi > Ganon would've made my bracket real good...
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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Kuja286 posted...

It's a good job there's no big rallies this year. It's about time we had a good old Zelda borefest again.

At least Tifa/MMX gave us one fun match.

What are you talking about, Tifa JUST rallied herself from what should have been a ~400 vote deficit to win the match. How can you complain about Undertale and Draven, and in the same breath celebrate what just happened? Am I the only person confused by this?

wait what? Tifa recovered from her 400 votes deficit throughout the night which is a normal FFVII/MM trend, FF does great during the Europe vote and MM sucks. If Tifa did get a rally it was barely 50-100 votes toward the end and that simply can not be compared to reddit rallying THOUSANDS of votes for the same character EVERY match. The rallies Tifa got would do her NOTHING if she was facing someone significantly stronger than her, like Link. Draven/Undertale were simply unstoppable.
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SBAllen posted...

Dec Fri 7: Winner Bracket Semifinal 1 (141)
Dec Sat 8: Winner Bracket Semifinal 2 (142)
Dec Sun 9: Loser Bracket Round 3, 2 battles (143-144)
Dec Mon 10: Loser Bracket Round 4, 2 battles (145-146)
Dec Tue 11: Winner Bracket Final (147)
Dec Wed 12: Loser Bracket Semifinal (148)
Dec Thu 13: Loser Bracket Final (149)
Dec Fri 14: Final Battle (150)

This is interesting. Seems like we switch over to 1 match per day at match 141, and then switch back to 2 matches per day at match 143. The switch back to 2 matches per day lasts for 2 days, and then we switch back to 1 match per day for the final 4 days of the contest.

That is very strange. TRE originally figured out that we were supposed to switch over to 1 match per day at match 143 for the final 7 days of the contest, but it seems like this is not the correct schedule after all.
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praise be to r/futanari
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abdou posted...

BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Kuja286 posted...

It's a good job there's no big rallies this year. It's about time we had a good old Zelda borefest again.

At least Tifa/MMX gave us one fun match.

What are you talking about, Tifa JUST rallied herself from what should have been a ~400 vote deficit to win the match. How can you complain about Undertale and Draven, and in the same breath celebrate what just happened? Am I the only person confused by this?

wait what? Tifa recovered from her 400 votes deficit throughout the night which is a normal FFVII/MM trend, FF does great during the Europe vote and MM sucks. If Tifa did get a rally it was barely 50-100 votes toward the end and that simply can not be compared to reddit rallying THOUSANDS of votes for the same character EVERY match. The rallies Tifa got would do her NOTHING if she was facing someone significantly stronger than her, like Link. Draven/Undertale were simply unstoppable.

MMX was 100 votes up at the beginning of his window, and had 5 hours of strong time to work with. If there were no hentai rallies, he would have won by at least 400 votes.
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I have no idea what the trends for Vivi/Ganondorf would be.
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So what happened with the Tifa/X match?

Tifa won because of porn rallies...? Where were these rallies happening? When did they start?

And who the hell came up with that idea??

Also people admitted to stuffing for X?

anything on user pics?
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LusterSoldier posted...

SBAllen posted...

Dec Fri 7: Winner Bracket Semifinal 1 (141)
Dec Sat 8: Winner Bracket Semifinal 2 (142)
Dec Sun 9: Loser Bracket Round 3, 2 battles (143-144)
Dec Mon 10: Loser Bracket Round 4, 2 battles (145-146)
Dec Tue 11: Winner Bracket Final (147)
Dec Wed 12: Loser Bracket Semifinal (148)
Dec Thu 13: Loser Bracket Final (149)
Dec Fri 14: Final Battle (150)

This is interesting. Seems like we switch over to 1 match per day at match 141, and then switch back to 2 matches per day at match 143. The switch back to 2 matches per day lasts for 2 days, and then we switch back to 1 match per day for the final 4 days of the contest.

That is very strange. TRE originally figured out that we were supposed to switch over to 1 match per day at match 143 for the final 7 days of the contest, but it seems like this is not the correct schedule after all.

we have a losers bracket for some reason. Waste of time imo but i'm glad those are 2 battles per day.
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My emotions can't handle this match.
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creativename posted...

So what happened with the Tifa/X match?

Tifa won because of porn rallies...? Where were these rallies happening? When did they start?

And who the hell came up with that idea??

Also people admitted to stuffing for X?

People admitted to stuffing for Tifa (OFool or something). People (not ExTha) were posting on all the hentai subreddits right around the time Tifa started to take off.

ExTha came in when the match was over and tried to take credit for rallying her to a win, despite the fact that he's "vehemently against rallies" or some shit

Whole thing was a dumpster fire
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creativename posted...

So what happened with the Tifa/X match?

Tifa won because of porn rallies...? Where were these rallies happening? When did they start?

And who the hell came up with that idea??

Also people admitted to stuffing for X?

I think someone jokingly suggested r/hentai for Tifa after a successful MMX rally was posted (1.7k views, 140+ upvotes and a ton of comments). Then someone actually went and did it.

Nobody admitted vote stuffing for MMX but all the Peruvian VPNs had been used to vote and Peru was very, very heavily slanted towards MMX (like 89% MMX when I looked).

Both sides must have rallied and/or cheated a ton as they were both receiving over double their last round intake in the last 2 hours and obviously against stronger opposition.

creativename posted...

So what happened with the Tifa/X match?

Tifa won because of porn rallies...? Where were these rallies happening? When did they start?

And who the hell came up with that idea??

Also people admitted to stuffing for X?

No one admitted outright to stuffing.
Apparently all the Peru VPN already voted and MMX has a super high percentage there, so it seems suspicious.

And yes, hentai subbreddit rallies

UltimaterializerX posted...

Hahahahahahha nice, a porn rally.

This is peak 2018, and it came at the expense of such an obnoxious fanbase, too. Makes it so much better. Thanks to whoever did that rallyS

Mega Man fanbase is obnoxious?
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Wow
Vivi died
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I prefer MMX over Tifa, but the "our girl is taking a pounding!" quote is too funny and makes alright with this.
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Bye Vivi.
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UltimaterializerX posted...

and it came at the expense of such an obnoxious fanbase, too.

What.
Don't let BT make a bad name for Mega Man fans
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I'm okay with Vivi losing cleanly to Ganondorf. I don't think I can take another 24-hour slugfest again.
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Well he put up a little fight at least.
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Oh, I generally don't read a lot of BT posts, and the past 2 topics only justify that decision.

and Para I only talk sports with.

Also I don't think two people is a fanbase, but I can see using BT against Mega Man in this case. Carry on
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and also yeah, Mega Man is a top 5 character for me
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UltimaterializerX posted...

Whiskey_Nick posted...

UltimaterializerX posted...

Hahahahahahha nice, a porn rally.

This is peak 2018, and it came at the expense of such an obnoxious fanbase, too. Makes it so much better. Thanks to whoever did that rallyS

Mega Man fanbase is obnoxious?

Have you seen a Paratroopa or Black Turtle post in the last 10 years?

Theyre ALL like that. Low key obnoxious fanbase thats acted like spoiled brats ever since Sephiroth beat Mega Man in 2002.

Maybe if you only use Gamefaqs and nowhere else. Mega Man fans are normally calmer, especially after their franchise nearly died.
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Ganondorf what are you doing
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I mean, Mighty No 9 sucked
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UltimaterializerX posted...

Lets put this in a way that you guys will all agree with.

Mighty No 9. Look up how much that kickstarter got and how pissed off Mega Man fans were over the game not being Mega Man: The Clone. These people are low key a garbage fanbase.

Because the game ended up sucking, had an ad campaign that literally insulted a large part of its fanbase, and straight up didn't work on some consoles.
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I backed Mighty No 9 and played and the game was awful. People had good reason to complain, especially the backers.
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So who started the hentai rallies? Was it the same person or just an idea that someone made (on Discord?) that people decided to go with?

They have more upvotes than Tifa lead over X was, they clearly decided the winner
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At least two close friends of mine are huge, life long Mega Man fans, backed Mighty No. 9, and

I've seen sad people and then I've seen those guys react to that game being finished after like three years of shenanigans
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Ok now, where do I rally Vivi other than reddit

handsomeboy2012 posted...

Ok now, where do I rally Vivi other than reddit

Pornhub
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It was 4chan that pushed him over Mario.
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...Tifa won?

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Wow. I have some stuff to catch up on, clearly.
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Oh hey looks like I missed some stuff.

ExTha responsible for throwing the contest for a loop again, eh? I dunno if you can put Tifa to the top like you did Undertale though, my dude. Give it all you got, though!
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