Board 8 > Why Nintendo fanboys have ruined contests for future generations

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If you look at the contest archives under Gamefaqs Features, youll notice that contests used to be held much more frequently. This included the later years of CJayCs ownership, as well as the early years under CNET/CBS.

The character battles used to be an annual thing, and there were something like a dozen contests in the 2000s decade. But only 5 contests have been held in the 2010s, with 2 years between contests on average.

With corporate overlords controlling Gamefaqs, contests are about return on investment. The motivation for having contests in the first place was attracting new users thanks to offsite rallying & media attention, and I joined this site specifically as a result of Character Battle 1, held eighteen years ago. With more users & traffic, advertising revenue also increases, helping pay for prizes.

After Nintendo and Zelda series fans threw hissy fits in prior years when Draven and Undertale stole their respective contests, Allen was forced to change the rules to calm their butthurt, effectively putting an end to offsite rallies because their voting power has been halved.

With minimal new traffic coming to this site in every post-2015 contest, and Link/Zelda winning every single contest, the CBS corporate overlords have also reduced prize values & the frequency of future contests. Which is ultimately bad for the Board 8 community. If you want more contests in the future, you should embrace offsite rallies & more unpredictable results.

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I embrace Link's dominance.

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Because fewer and fewer people take part and fewer and fewer people come to vote. Don't forget that we have Bonus Registered Votes so yeah the vote total is even lower.

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Now here's a user whose absence was felt.

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Eh this board has always been better off season. But sure I wouldnt mind a Witcher rally.

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whiners will whine...

It's because of the Casual Rovolvation of 2007.

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