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| Topic | So what were the major trends of this year's Contest? |
| OFool 12/14/18 10:39:15 AM #1: | Some that come to mind are: - Decline in the bottom half of the NN and rise of former 'Nearly Noble Niners' such as Pikachu, Tifa, Zelda - Rise in the popularity of female characters - Firming up of Link's dominance with a new 2nd tier of Cloud, Mario, Samus and Zelda established - Lack of the potential to drum up any major rallies (commensurate with the decline in prominence of the contest across other sites) - Rise in popularity of mascot characters like Pikachu, DK, Tails - Rise in popularity of secondary characters when compared to primary ones (Tails/Sonic), and new SFF/rSFF weightings Tifa/Sephiroth Mario/Samus - Return to 2010 levels of Pokemon popularity (bucked only by the rise of Pikachu) - Weakening of characters from post 2000 videogames, and a failure for new games to make a mark - Minor rallies (Hentai) and smaller vote stuffing efforts having an increased effect on outcome - Decline in voting - Increase in close matches Any that I have missed? ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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