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Topic	~Ultimaterializer's Post-Contest Retro Summer 2008 Analysis!~
PostContestUlti 12/05/20 2:28:54 PM #50:	Division 5 Round 1: Donkey Kong, Tails, Tidus, and the Weighted Companion Cube Donkey Kong - 29086 [21.25%] Tails - 20279 [14.81%] Tidus - 43425 [31.72%] Weighted Companion Cube - 44096 [32.21%] Total Votes - 136886 Pre-contest, the big debate surrounding this match was Tidus vs Donkey Kong. Neither character had been lighting the world on fire in recent contests, and some of their collective performances were outright embarrassing even in wins. Here are some of the low lights: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/965-west-division-round-1-tidus-vs-claire-redfield https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1727-20xx-division-round-1-tidus-vs-shadow-the-hedgehog https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2104-dream-division-round-2-kirby-vs-tidus https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2516-patriot-division-round-1-squall-leonhart-vs-tidus https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2906-division-6-round-2-pikachu-tidus-leon-vivi https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/973-north-division-round-2-aya-brea-vs-donkey-kong https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1351-west-division-round-2-donkey-kong-vs-tommy-vercetti https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2106-flood-division-round-2-master-chief-vs-donkey-kong https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2907-division-7-round-2-kirby-l-block-kratos-donkey-kong The 2007 performances were especially egregious, but if you were a fan of the LOL X-Stats method, Tidus was always ahead of Donkey Kong in the stats. Conventional wisdom held that this would remain the case in 2008, and Tidus > Donkey Kong was the pretty overwhelming consensus pick. Oddly enough, these two would eventually have a 1v1 match in 2018, and all of the same logic that made Tidus the overwhelming favorite in 2008 was used there as well. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7244-division-1-round-1-tidus-vs-donkey-kong <b>LOL, X-STATS.</b> Ahem. As for the 2008 match, this was a case where people didn't exactly care about their brackets. This was all about rooting for the Weighted Companion Cube, and I'll say it again. If this was a 1v1 games contest, Portal would have won. It had the type of love that year that you saw from Undertale in 2015, and more importantly when it relates to this match, there was no anti-bandwagon with the Cube. Everyone loved the thing, and they were rooting for it to advance in this match. No one thought it would be L-Block or anything, but hey, maybe if it squeezed by this match, round 2 would be Mega Man, Tidus, the Cube, and some fodder, and from there who really knows? Yeah, the Cube did a lot more than merely "advance". When this poll started, it was clear the Cube had bandwagon joke love right from the jump, Tidus also left Donkey Kong in the dust once early bracket votes were exhausted, which paved the way for a fairly mundane Cube > Tidus result. Or so we thought. The Cube built up a 1000 vote lead pretty quickly, and the lead peaked at 1500 overnight. What happened from there was a pretty fun comeback attempt by Tidus, but again, I can't bring myself to care about these first place duels. If this was a 1v1 match, and Tidus not only chopped a 1500 vote lead down below 1000, but started winning the morning vote, Board 8 would have lost their minds. As-is, it was a meaningless comeback because both characters were advancing either way. This format robs us of so much. I will say though that Tidus coming back in the face of a bandwagoned joke character, despite not being particularly well-liked himself, was super impressive. He took it on the chin early, but eventually got that 1500 vote lead all the way down to 400. Had he won the ASV he might have made a push for first, but the Cube won it to put things away for good. He got the lead up to 800 before falling off a bit at night. As one might expect, people lost their minds over this one. The Cube didn't get a lucky draw and win second place like L-Block did in 2007. He straight up <i>won</i> his first match, and if he beat Tidus here then round 2 seemed like a bye. All he had to do there was beat Tidus again. And from there, all he needed to do was catch more bandwagon love. A lot of people felt like the contest was over after this match, and frankly the Cube <i>deserved</i> to win this contest. We know what eventually happened, but the crazy run Cube went on all started right here. This was a triumph. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI By the way, that video has almost 40 million views. Those are Megalovania numbers. I'm telling you, Portal would have won. As-is, the Cube came dangerously close. --- https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page <cite>PostContestUlti posted [p:947952703] in ~*Ultimate... [t:79149628]...</cite> <quote>Division 5 Round 1: Donkey Kong, Tails, Tidus, and the Weighted Companion Cube Donkey Kong - 29086 [21.25%] Tails - 20279 [14.81%] Tidus - 43425 [31.72%] Weighted Companion Cube - 44096 [32.21%] Total Votes - 136886 Pre-contest, the big debate surrounding this match was Tidus vs Donkey Kong. Neither character had been lighting the world on fire in recent contests, and some of their collective performances were outright embarrassing even in wins. Here are some of the low lights: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/965-west-division-round-1-tidus-vs-claire-redfield https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1727-20xx-division-round-1-tidus-vs-shadow-the-hedgehog https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2104-dream-division-round-2-kirby-vs-tidus https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2516-patriot-division-round-1-squall-leonhart-vs-tidus https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2906-division-6-round-2-pikachu-tidus-leon-vivi https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/973-north-division-round-2-aya-brea-vs-donkey-kong https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1351-west-division-round-2-donkey-kong-vs-tommy-vercetti https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2106-flood-division-round-2-master-chief-vs-donkey-kong https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2907-division-7-round-2-kirby-l-block-kratos-donkey-kong The 2007 performances were especially egregious, but if you were a fan of the LOL X-Stats method, Tidus was always ahead of Donkey Kong in the stats. Conventional wisdom held that this would remain the case in 2008, and Tidus > Donkey Kong was the pretty overwhelming consensus pick. Oddly enough, these two would eventually have a 1v1 match in 2018, and all of the same logic that made Tidus the overwhelming favorite in 2008 was used there as well. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7244-division-1-round-1-tidus-vs-donkey-kong <b>LOL, X-STATS.</b> Ahem. As for the 2008 match, this was a case where people didn't exactly care about their brackets. This was all about rooting for the Weighted Companion Cube, and I'll say it again. If this was a 1v1 games contest, Portal would have won. It had the type of love that year that you saw from Undertale in 2015, and more importantly when it relates to this match, there was no anti-bandwagon with the Cube. Everyone loved the thing, and they were rooting for it to advance in this match. No one thought it would be L-Block or anything, but hey, maybe if it squeezed by this match, round 2 would be Mega Man, Tidus, the Cube, and some fodder, and from there who really knows? Yeah, the Cube did a lot more than merely "advance". When this poll started, it was clear the Cube had bandwagon joke love right from the jump, Tidus also left Donkey Kong in the dust once early bracket votes were exhausted, which paved the way for a fairly mundane Cube > Tidus result. Or so we thought. The Cube built up a 1000 vote lead pretty quickly, and the lead peaked at 1500 overnight. What happened from there was a pretty fun comeback attempt by Tidus, but again, I can't bring myself to care about these first place duels. If this was a 1v1 match, and Tidus not only chopped a 1500 vote lead down below 1000, but started winning the morning vote, Board 8 would have lost their minds. As-is, it was a meaningless comeback because both characters were advancing either way. This format robs us of so much. I will say though that Tidus coming back in the face of a bandwagoned joke character, despite not being particularly well-liked himself, was super impressive. He took it on the chin early, but eventually got that 1500 vote lead all the way down to 400. Had he won the ASV he might have made a push for first, but the Cube won it to put things away for good. He got the lead up to 800 before falling off a bit at night. As one might expect, people lost their minds over this one. The Cube didn't get a lucky draw and win second place like L-Block did in 2007. He straight up <i>won</i> his first match, and if he beat Tidus here then round 2 seemed like a bye. All he had to do there was beat Tidus again. And from there, all he needed to do was catch more bandwagon love. A lot of people felt like the contest was over after this match, and frankly the Cube <i>deserved</i> to win this contest. We know what eventually happened, but the crazy run Cube went on all started right here. This was a triumph. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI By the way, that video has almost 40 million views. Those are Megalovania numbers. I'm telling you, Portal would have won. As-is, the Cube came dangerously close. --- https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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