Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1324 - CBX Winners Announced

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Team Rocket Elite
02/09/19 12:29:41 AM
#104:


Bump.
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Safer_777
02/10/19 8:04:29 AM
#105:


Man things seem so slow.
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swirIdude
02/10/19 1:20:32 PM
#106:


Things get slow without a contest. And now that we only have to bump once a week, these topics will last even longer.
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Advokaiser
02/10/19 1:57:05 PM
#107:


So now that it's almost guaranteed that BotW beats Smash Ultimate...

Skyrim vs. Smash Ultimate, who ya got?
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pjbasis
02/10/19 2:14:03 PM
#108:


Skyrim.

Smash without nostalgia isnt THAT tough.
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AxemRedRanger
02/10/19 5:48:08 PM
#109:


I think Skyrim could probably get 54+% on God of War reboot like Ultimate did last GOTY, but pretty much anything hokey going on is going to be in Smash's favor so it may need to be cleanly above if it wants to actually win. Double registered voters would swing at least a percent and if it's close nobody's going to successfully rally Elder Scrolls to any notable extent.
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LusterSoldier
02/11/19 1:01:25 AM
#110:


FFVIII playrate poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7503-

Leon certainly would like that poll.
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Seanchan
02/11/19 7:58:41 AM
#111:


iGenesis posted...
@Seanchan posted...
FYI, I got the prize email today.


@Captain_Sorzo posted...
Yep. Amazon gift card.


So no prize claim paperwork / notary / tax id, just Amazon gift card redemption code sent directly through email?

P.S. Seanchan I know it's been a while but just out of curiosity, which character did you pick for match 146? (That was the day you passed me on the rankings)
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/cbx_mybracket


Hmm, don't think it would have been 146, since I didn't get that match correct. I had:
145 - Cloud > Mega Man (points!)
146 - Snake > Samus (no points)
147 - Link > Mario (points!)
148 - Cloud > Snake (points!)
149 - Cloud > Mario (points!)
150 - Link > Cloud (points!)
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Advokaiser
02/11/19 2:09:48 PM
#112:


LusterSoldier posted...
FFVIII playrate poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7503-

Leon certainly would like that poll.


Any moment now...
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pjbasis
02/11/19 3:27:18 PM
#113:


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BlAcK TuRtLe
02/13/19 6:38:56 PM
#114:


Link's Awakening remake GotD
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Advokaiser, my hat is off to you. Welcome to the Guru Champions Club
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ZeldaTPLink
02/14/19 11:17:00 AM
#115:


Is there any place where I can find the adjusted xstats for 2018 easily? The wiki only has unadjusted ones and NG's site only has until 2013.
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Advokaiser
02/14/19 8:29:16 PM
#116:


MarriageFAQs
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Calintares
02/16/19 4:46:43 AM
#117:


so what's Tetris 99 going to do for L-Block?
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swirIdude
02/16/19 1:27:28 PM
#118:


Link better watch his back!
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LusterSoldier
02/17/19 8:40:53 PM
#119:


swirIdude posted...
Things get slow without a contest. And now that we only have to bump once a week, these topics will last even longer.


Given that the board is fairly close to the 5 day purge rate, I think we can get away with bumping the topic every 5 days (we're currently on a 10 purge rate).
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PrinceOfKoopas
02/18/19 11:31:47 AM
#120:


Hungrybox advocating for L-Block Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC.

https://twitter.com/LiquidHbox/status/1097516816937693184
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Advokaiser
02/18/19 2:05:10 PM
#121:


xD
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AxemRedRanger
02/18/19 3:13:23 PM
#122:


so this is putin's next move huh
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Safer_777
02/18/19 5:29:35 PM
#123:


Finally managed to put all my analysis on the Board 8 Wiki! Oh yeah!
Does anyone knows if we will put the stats for the matches there or something?
Also does anyone has the list of the most important matches of the contest that a user here made?
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MetalmindStats
02/19/19 2:46:40 AM
#124:


Safer_777 posted...
Also does anyone has the list of the most important matches of the contest that a user here made?

https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Transience's_75_Most_Important_Contest_Matches
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Safer_777
02/19/19 11:41:21 AM
#125:


Okay nice.
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LusterSoldier
02/21/19 1:25:18 AM
#126:


Mario 1 ownership poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7513-

Despite this being an ownership poll, it can be used as a playrate poll since the poll provides options for those who have played the game or not.
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pjbasis
02/21/19 2:40:24 AM
#127:


Only 1 in 20 people on gamefaqs haven't played super mario bros once, crazy
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LusterSoldier
02/22/19 1:00:59 AM
#128:


All-time favorite "2" game poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7514-

We've already had similar polls for favorite 4 game and 5 game.
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_SecretSquirrel
02/22/19 3:26:24 AM
#129:


No Donkey Kong Country 2. No vote.
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LeonhartFour
02/22/19 4:59:02 AM
#130:


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XIII_rocks
02/22/19 5:27:47 AM
#131:


7 or 8 of my top 30 in this poll I'd say

AC2 not being there is a crime tho
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LinkMarioSamus
02/22/19 5:55:07 AM
#132:


No Mega Man 2 or Street Fighter II.

Or Super Mario Bros. 2. Or Zelda II. Or Metroid II. Or Castlevania II.
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LusterSoldier
02/22/19 6:52:08 AM
#133:


LeonhartFour posted...
Good to see KH2's still got it


ME2 also looks amazing in today's poll and seems to prove that it hasn't gotten any weaker after the disaster of Andromeda which put the series in a coma. Which makes Shepard's performance in the last contest look even more bizarre.

LinkMarioSamus posted...
No Mega Man 2 or Street Fighter II.

Or Super Mario Bros. 2. Or Zelda II. Or Metroid II. Or Castlevania II.


There's such a very large number of "2" games to choose from that they can't all be in this poll, so only the most popular games were able to make the cut here.
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LinkMarioSamus
02/22/19 9:01:30 AM
#134:


The fact that Resident Evil 2 is in third place cannot be a good sign.

Although I guess RE2 did get that remake recently.
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AxemRedRanger
02/22/19 10:51:18 AM
#135:


Half-Life 2 losing to Portal 2
no wonder Gordon looked so abysmal

pretty wretched showing from SMG2 too considering there are no other Nintendo games in the poll.

Red Dead 2 losing to Tony Hawk 2 is pretty fun though.
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Safer_777
02/22/19 11:45:37 AM
#136:


KH franchise is so strong yet the characters suck in the contests. Don't get it.
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Advokaiser
02/22/19 11:50:13 AM
#137:


Nice to see THPS2 in there!

But even when I'm not really a fan of Street Fighter II (I consider its sequels and spin-offs far superior), it's pretty surprising not seeing it here (or MKII), since that's one of the most popular "2"s of all time.

Some other interesting titles to have would be Lufia II, Suikoden II... maybe even Dark Cloud 2? You could make a case with Earthbound by technically being Mother 2.

There are so many potential choices here.
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_SecretSquirrel
02/22/19 3:59:09 PM
#138:


No Sonic 2 is really shocking too.
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OrangeCrush980
02/22/19 7:46:31 PM
#139:


Will Bowser be stronger in contests once he's the president of Nintendo of America?
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LusterSoldier
02/23/19 3:53:14 AM
#140:


_SecretSquirrel posted...
No Sonic 2 is really shocking too.


Yeah, the poll is leaning far too heavily towards modern games. The oldest game in that poll was Resident Evil 2, which was released in 1998. It was the only game from the 1990s in the poll.

Personally, I would have kept Dark Souls II and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 out of this poll in favor of more 1990s representation such as Sonic 2 and Street Fighter II.
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_Dog_
02/23/19 5:41:42 AM
#141:


Can someone do me a favor?
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Safer_777
02/23/19 7:29:16 AM
#142:


Like what?
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LusterSoldier
02/26/19 1:08:52 AM
#143:


This poll is technically incorrect now:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7518-

Thanks to the Let's Go games, Eevee is now a starter Pokemon. So it should actually be 23 starter Pokemon now.
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_Dog_
02/26/19 3:11:43 AM
#144:


LusterSoldier posted...
This poll is technically incorrect now:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7518-

Thanks to the Let's Go games, Eevee is now a starter Pokemon. So it should actually be 23 starter Pokemon now.

What should I answer? I remember every starter except for the Sinnoh grass starter. What a hindrance.
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LusterSoldier
02/26/19 8:09:03 PM
#145:


The results of today's poll are very disappointing. Slightly over half of the site doesn't know any of the starters past the early generations. That's really disappointing for the series as a whole, and is likely a decent proxy for the percentage of the site that hasn't played a Pokemon game after Gen 3.
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Advokaiser
02/26/19 8:47:43 PM
#146:


I still don't quite understand how there are so many people that not only liked but adored the first generation(s), yet they refuse to play the ones that came after them. I know there are the so-called "genwunners", which is a special case, but there's also a handful of people who only got to the second or third gens and that's it.
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pjbasis
02/26/19 9:08:12 PM
#147:


What?

You can like the first games and just have lost interest in the franchise.
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Advokaiser
02/27/19 11:42:25 AM
#148:


But why would they lose interest if they liked the games in the first place?
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Safer_777
02/27/19 12:31:23 PM
#149:


@LusterSoldier I have played every Pokemon game and some multiple times and I can't even remember most of the starters too.

@Advokaiser The people that do are either stupid or they think that Pokemon is only for kiddies now and since they played the first games when they were kids and now are grown up they refuse to play the newer ones.
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_Dog_
02/27/19 1:09:11 PM
#150:


^ Have you ever thought of the idea that maybe people are simply too busy or are into other things so that they simply have no more time for Pokmon?

I mean sheesh, I hope I'm not an idiot for not watching the latest episodes of Sesame Street.
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Safer_777
02/27/19 1:12:45 PM
#151:


@_Dog_ But when you like a video game series you continue to play the newer games right? I mean it is your hobby right? If you have absolutely no time then yeah I get it but I am sure that Advokaiser didn't meant that.
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ZeldaTPLink
02/27/19 2:48:00 PM
#152:


I see a lot of people complaining that the series has gotten stale and that's a fair complaint.

What is weird is when they say the new gens are worse than the first one in a gameplay or design sense. Feels like some nostalgia goggles.
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swirIdude
02/27/19 4:21:08 PM
#153:


ZeldaTPLink posted...
What is weird is when they say the new gens are worse than the first one in a gameplay or design sense. Feels like some nostalgia goggles.


It 100% is. RBY is a broken mess gameplay-wise.
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