Lurker > iGenesis

From: FashnQueenEtna | #009
You should be outlawed from posting.

From: FashnQueenEtna | #007
Remember, in some countries Christmas is outlawed.

From: tyder21 | #002
Just how it should be.

From: Princess Anri | #031
They'd just say "gg, bro" and move on with their lives.

From: GenesisTwilight | #275
Holy ****ing **** at BOB red coins

From: Safer Sephiroth 777 | #019
Super Mario Bros 3,Super Mario World,Super Mario 64,Link To The Past,Ocarina Of Time lower tier?Okay there is something wrong with this list for sure.

From: ctesjbuvf | #020
There should be a very small limit to how many terrible topics you can make.

From: JJH777 | #018
There was no luck in you losing that that was just a dumb pick.

From: AlecTrevelyan006 | #029
Didn't you just post about how stats-topic regular Yoblazer has so often made money in these contests?

From: TimJab | #034
Or maybe the final prediction contest did exactly what it was designed to do? Can't distribute 5 prizes to 50 people.

From: junk_funk | #020
HOWEVER, add in the SFF factor that Link will drain from Mario (52.08 + 5.34), and you come out to 57.42% in favor of Link/Ganon.

That's how I arrived to my pick. Not by luck.

From: XIII_rocks | #016
What Lopen said. No coincidence that Yoblazer has won the Oracle, while also consistently placing on contest leaderboards.

From: pojr | #009
It was a good idea because there were way too many ties. It's hard to break a tie when over 60 people have the same score. Besides, you didn't have to make a pick at all.

From: LordoftheMorons | #005
It's not even that much money.

From: UltimaterializerX | #015
Anyone with the stones and foresight to pick Link below 60%

From: junk_funk | #011
I made the leader board because of my excellent 1% pick. So bugger off.

From: Lopen | #004
Hey, at least you got a chance to blow yourself to bits by making a bad pick

From: Haste_2 | #023
At first I thought you were talking to me, iGenesis. Hey, I have an idea: give a prize to the top 3. Everyone needs to do a surprise Christmas gift, right? >_>

From: sword0flight | #060
The final battle has begin - you can no longer make a pick.

I've already made my pick but it didn't count?

From: PartOfYourWorld | #002
I'm salty with SBAllen

From: PartOfYourWorld | #002
I'm salty with SBAllen for not making the secondary tiebreaker clear enough. I wasn't sure it was the time submit for the final wager. I thought it was the time submitted for the first battle pick or something, because that's what "time submitted" has meant for the last ten years.

From: Lopen | #037
Like, I'm not trying to come off as an ass. I just don't like the vibe that you're giving that this is a total blindside result. It's really really not-- the third place match gives you a really good ballpark of where this should hit. I'm not going to say you're dumb not to pick 55-60, because you can argue for upset picks on the other sides (or Mario if you want a manly upset pick-- I wouldn't pick that though because I wouldn't want all my eggs in a basket and Mario winning would make me happy even if he cost me the contest).

Higher than 65 is completely absurd though. The strongest Mario we've seen by far shouldn't get beaten down by Link by the most we've ever seen especially when extrapolation without SFF says this is close to a 50/50.

From: Verperlung | #053
The final pick didn't work for me.
I entered my choice several times, always hit the submit button.

Today I logged in and it says "The final battle has begin - you can no longer make a pick."

That's so lame I can't even find words for this.... Damn this tournament.

From: Lopen | #033
Anyone who has a good idea of how Link/Mario SFF usually goes, Pokemon SFF usually goes, and who paid attention to the last 3 matches. 55-60 should've been the favored pick here. 50-55 should've been the "upset" pick. 60-65 should've been the "this is somewhat unlikely and is going to catch most people who are too attached to Link getting between 60 and 65 against Mario in previous contests so don't go with this" pick. Higher is actually a worse pick than just going with Mario, which had an outside shot.

From: JeffreyRaze | #023
Oh. Well good then, though I can't be the only one... Can I?

From: Winged Supreme | #024
Also anyone who took Straight Link basically said "Please give me a useless $10, I want no chance at $250."

From: FreezeMaster | #025
In this club. If I could've set my own min/max as I had hoped, I'd still be in it, barely (57.5-62.49). Anybody else get screwed by that? :|

From: Solfadore | #027
5% or 1% was the way to go if you wanted prizes. And even then, a 60-64.99% pick wasn't too smart, given the fact that many people gambled on 1% picks within that range (enough to virtually cover every field). A 55-59.99%, on the other hand, is very solid, though.

From: JeffreyRaze | #017
sonicboom510 said he took the 55-60 as well in the perfects topic

From: PartOfYourWorld | #013
Am I the only one here who cares at all about finishing on the leaderboard, even if it doesn't result in one of the top three prizes? >_>

Even still, the safest bet just seemed like the only way to go with so much on the line. Hate to say it, but I think some of you guys just didn't realize how rare a 63-match streak is. Having 50 guys accomplish the feat at once might make it seem common, but before this, it NEVER happened in a decade of these contests. Going 63/63 and having zero points to show for it would have made me feel way too foolish to go for the gold.

From: Wanglicious | #011
a handheld title with sales similar to skyward sword and very likely beats it by now. >__>;

From: Lopen | #009
Also yeah picking Mario vs Bowser with 70% is a sign of not paying attention to this contest and weighing previous years too much. Especially after Pokemon Trainers beat Cloud and Seph.

From: Menji76 | #005
Why would he even get close to 70%? Terrible pick.

From: XIII_rocks | #003
Straight Link was the way to go Broseph.