Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1272

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Largest lead thus far has been 65 votes.

~*creativename's contest site (all things contest!)*~
http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/drupal/

~*The Board 8 Wiki (lots of useful contest and board information, including all past Post-Contest Analysis from Ulti, transience, Ed Bellis, and others)*~
http://board8.wikia.com/

~*List of All Polls (a search bar is at the bottom)*~
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html

~*NGamer64's Archive Sites (good stuff!) and (LOL) X-Stats Sim*~
http://www.thengamer.com/
http://thengamer.com/xstats

~*GameFAQs Contests Hall of Fame*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/GameFAQs_Contests_Hall_of_Fame
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/GameFAQs_Contests_Match_Hall_of_Fame

~*Character Contest Histories*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Contest_Histories

~*Simple Explanation of Extrapolated Standings*~
A = Strongest Character
B = Character Weaker than A
C = Character Weaker than B
To figure out a character's Xsts Percentage ---> [(CvB)(BvA)]/50 = CvA
To compare how C would do against B ---> [(CvA)/(BvA)]*50 = CvB
To figure out how B would do against A ---> [(CvA)/(CvB)]*50 = BvA

~*All the Match Pics*~
http://www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery/index.php

~*Leonhart4's Trend Charts*~
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en&key=tOGmynfNIiNy5VukpEF-PdA&hl=en#gid=0

~*Daily Vote Trends - An Explanation for Dummies*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Daily_Vote_Trends

~*Acronyms and Percentages for Dummies*~
http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Acronyms_and_Percentages
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I can't see 2000 taking back the lead unless it goes crazy tonight
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It is all I can do but be salty.
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1997 vs 2007 is probably the hardest one so far but for the wrong reasons. For me it's a 2nd grade contest, and stripping the choices down to just my absolute favourite games of the years gives the nod to 2007, even though in my bracket (and opinion) it lost to 1999.
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To think I'm possibly one pic of GSC away from getting a perfect bracket this contest.
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The votals are so low that even a minor rally anywhere could swing the Match.

The problem is this is battle between best gaming years. I think most people only care about single entities like games and characters for it to have any effect.

I'm still believe'n

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIyibFd6WaA
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100 vote barrier breached.

I'm calling it now, 1996 has this in the bag.
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ttaagg
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there's a close match?

huh

i feel like I should be excited but... nope
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So I just came back. Seems 1996 is winning. I have that one in the bracket too. Before the bracket it was the favorite for sure. But after the matches it seems that 2000 became the heavy favorite. Crew and others almost all of them picked it up.
Does anyone knows how many of the gurus had 1996 over 2000?
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79 (54%) gurus have 1996 winning here. 63 (43%) gurus have 2000 winning here.
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http://thengamer.com/guru/stats.php?match=24
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FFDragon posted...

there's a close match?

huh

i feel like I should be excited but... nope

The only excitment in this contest can come wanting your bracket pick to win
I can't care about any year otherwise
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

It is all I can do but be salty.

I'm as salty as a seadog.
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All right thanks.
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22 vote gain
kiddies status = woke
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Allen's an idiot. Diversity doesn't mean jack s***.
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Nanis23 posted...

FFDragon posted...

there's a close match?

huh

i feel like I should be excited but... nope

The only excitment in this contest can come wanting your bracket pick to win
I can't care about any year otherwise

My perfect hinges on this match yet I still don't feel nearly as invested as a close match even between two losers in the games/characters contests.
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That is true. Still this is the best match on the contest so far.
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Don't forget that making the contest unexciting prevents rallies !
If no ones care, no one will rally !

everything is working out just as I had planned
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It's 2 pm. On a Saturday. As Zelda hasn't started making its move yet, it probably won't.
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yeah I'm two pictures away from a perfect bracket

this one isn't over, but the votes are so low that it's hard to ever see a comeback
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Not the numbers to which I wanted to wake up!

This is going to end up being close enough that I think it's really hard to argue that Pokemon GS wouldn't have made the difference.
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Honestly, If it's even Diablo 2 instead of Deus Ex or Perfect Dark I could see 2000 with the lead right now
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I think this one's over. 2000 hasn't been able to cut consistently for hours.
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whatisurnameplz posted...

Allen's an idiot. Diversity doesn't mean jack s***.

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Kinda sucks that both my upset specials were decided against me by a result within 53/47 (one of them being a much bigger upset, of course). Oh, well. Better luck next time.
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I'm just glad I finally got a debated match right!
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Now that 2000 is in the rear view, I hope it really is as strong as its backers thought, because my lone Guru upset demands 96 goes and beats 97.
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Wow, can't remember the last time I was on the leader board! Too bad I had 2000 winning this one.
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L block screwed me out of a top 3 finish all those years ago.This is the best i've done since.
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With a favorable picture, you think this is about a 53-54% win for 2000? Sucks that another close match got decided by a unfair picture, even though this time I was on the right end of it, but the picture with it this close definitely decided the match.

In the off chance 96 somehow kept it close with 97 next round, I think 97 looked too strong to drop that match but if it was close, oh boy this current result will end up being a lot worse then right now.
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I picked 97 next round not because it has FF7 but because of SOTN.Easily one of the best 2D platformers ever created.
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based on the last 5 minutes, 2000 wins!
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I'm rooting for 1996, but I feel dirty because I think the pic disadvantage is costing 2000 the match.

redrocket_pub posted...

whatisurnameplz posted...

Allen's an idiot. Diversity doesn't mean jack s***.

He's no idiot. He has a tough job, so i cut him some slack. He can't please everyone.

But I do think diversity is meaningless and we should get the best games.

He's just not very connected to contests.

creativename posted...

I'm rooting for 1996, but I feel dirty because I think the pic disadvantage is costing 2000 the match.

redrocket_pub posted...

whatisurnameplz posted...

Allen's an idiot. Diversity doesn't mean jack s***.

He's no idiot. He has a tough job, so i cut him some slack. He can't please everyone.

But I do think diversity is meaningless and we should get the best games.

"Badly executed" is the words I use in regarding to the pics. I get the idea of varying the game selection if possible, but the order of the pics should be strongest to weakest, and a year should be able to at least get its two strongest games without question.
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I think there's 3 main problems:

1. The biggest one - For some years, Allen prioritized variety, while for others he said fuck it and gave it their 4 best games, variety be damned. This is most obvious with 1995 vs. 1987. 1995 had some bad fodder to avoid multiple SNES games, while 1987 had 4 NES games.

2. Handheld games are getting slightly shafted. I get that a lot of gamers hate them, and many others view them as strictly second class. But there is the occasional really great one, and I feel like we're 50/50 on them actually making the match pics. Link's Awakening is the most blatant since its easily the big 1993 game on this site and even several others. And obviously Pokemon G/S would've helped a lot today.

2. 2006 just got royally screwed for no reason. There's no defending Twilight Princess at the bottom and Kingdom Hearts 2 not in the pic. I honestly think that Allen did this just to make the vs. 2011 match "more interesting". I don't think any other year got this randomly screwed for no reason, but maybe I'm forgetting one.
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People still going through the 5 stages of grief on 2006? It was pretty easy to predict, Skyrim is significantly more popular than any 2006 game....including Twilight Princess
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We should show how mad we are at Allen by all voting for 1995 in round 3

Thanks
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Metal_DK posted...

People still going through the 5 stages of grief on 2006? It was pretty easy to predict, Skyrim is significantly more popular than any 2006 game....including Twilight Princess

TP beats Skyrim easily
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Metal_DK posted...

People still going through the 5 stages of grief on 2006? It was pretty easy to predict, Skyrim is significantly more popular than any 2006 game....including Twilight Princess

If Kingdom Hearts II and Final Fantasy XII were featured in the scrolling pics, 2006 would have won.

No, it wouldn't of. FF12 barely has a fanbase (fun fact, FFX will be the last FF worth a damn in anything gfaqs contest related). KH2 doesnt have much contest strength anymore either. Most people have moved on to WRPGs anyway, and Skryim (despite it being meh imo) is praised by plenty of people.
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People absolutely care about KH2 and FFXII much more than freaking Gears of War
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Metal_DK posted...

No, it wouldn't of. FF12 barely has a fanbase (fun fact, FFX will be the last FF worth a damn in anything gfaqs contest related). KH2 doesnt have much contest strength anymore either. Most people have moved on to WRPGs anyway, and Skryim (despite it being meh imo) is praised by plenty of people.

GameFAQs isn't most people. And KH2 looked great against Melee, which went on to do great things that contest.
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Metal_DK posted...

KH2 doesnt have much contest strength anymore either.

yeah okay man
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Metal_DK posted...

No, it wouldn't of. FF12 barely has a fanbase (fun fact, FFX will be the last FF worth a damn in anything gfaqs contest related). KH2 doesnt have much contest strength anymore either. Most people have moved on to WRPGs anyway, and Skryim (despite it being meh imo) is praised by plenty of people.

Kingdom Hearts II and Final Fantasy XII would have ABSOLUTELY brought in more votes here than Gears of War and Oblivion (especially when Oblivion was matched up against Skyrim). On top of that, Okami should have been the bottom pic of that year - not the leading picture.
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kh2 shouldn't have any contest strength

because it sucks
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