Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1281

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The suggestion database has been updated today. Someone on Discord has mentioned that Captain Toad was added to the database. Right now, I'm currently in the process of figuring out all of the new additions today.
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LusterSoldier posted...

The suggestion database has been updated today. Someone on Discord has mentioned that Captain Toad was added to the database. Right now, I'm currently in the process of figuring out all of the new additions today.

Do you still have the previous version doc up?
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NowItsAngeTime posted...

Do you still have the previous version doc up?

Not anymore, because I updated it just now. The full list can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lUECBn74hCFqiGhsXKmGNBpjPf7WQOGYzA4Z4-aIo18/pub

The new additions go from 396 to 410. The first 395 were added last week.
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thanks
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Nice

*switches Toad for Captain Toad*
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thanks for putting up with my incessant nagging these past few weeks and for nominating Metal. you guys are the best! hopefully he makes it in, even at a low seed, I just wanna make match pics for him all day
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Since Metal Sonic is allowed, is it time to revisit Dark Samus and Dark Link?
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Metal Sonic is not the same thing as Dark Link, so I don't think it would change anything there.

Dark Samus is in Ultimate now as a separate character though, so that should take care of eligibility issues.
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Metal Sonic is a completely different character, he talks in the comics and shit and everything. he's got a lot of personality in Mania Adventures too, although the entire cast is silent in that

Dark Samus is also a completely different character but I dont know the specifics

Dark Link kind of isn't, but I'd still say he counts. I think he's got less "presence" as a character, you're just in the Water Temple and then all of a sudden he comes out and there's some cheesy NOW FIGHT YOURSELF!!! text prompt, but I don't think allen gives a shit anymore
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Dark Link is also the final boss of Zelda 2.
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ZenOfThunder posted...

Dark Samus is also a completely different character but I dont know the specifics

Dark Samus is Metroid Prime, the final boss from the first game of that series, whose main ability is copying features of machines to form an exoskeleton. After Samus beats it in the first game, it does exactly that with her armor, and returns as an evil alien version of Samus.

So it is a different entity.

Dark Link is just an evil version of Link though. I'd honestly consider it more akin to allowing Toon Link than Metal Sonic.
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regardless of where you stand on Dark Link I really don't think Allen cares anymore, he's bending the rules already to get Geralt and Hitler in, why not Dark Link?
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ZenOfThunder posted...

regardless of where you stand on Dark Link I really don't think Allen cares anymore, he's bending the rules already to get Geralt and Hitler in, why not Dark Link?

By that logic there is no real contest then because every character is just Ditto

let's not use hitler as an example to emulate, okay zen?
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i am not calling Geralt or Dark Link "Hitler"

i still can't believe that BJ vs Hitler got enough support that it was actually allowed on the front page

Allen sat there looking at the noms and was like "hmmm yeah ok, hitler" but was like "mario vs sonic? naaaaah"
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Hitler is weird because the justification for why he was allowed - that he's not like the real Hitler - was in total contradiction to his actual appeal to most (or at least a pretty large chunk) of his voters - that being that he was like the real Hitler and yay let's offend people!
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Godwin's Law has struck.
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We could have had our real people representation in the Rivalry Rumble be Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan. That would have been far preferable.
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Crono vs Sora who wins?
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With KH3 on the horizon? I'd likely go with Sora.
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Team Rocket Elite posted...

7899 nominations have been made so far (including deleted nominations).

Was this before or after the nominations went up on the front page?

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Also, in what kind of universe would you take Thanos over Crono?

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Would you take Captain America to beat Commander Shepard or Captain Falcon?

Yes to both. That would actually be pretty cool to watch.
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Advokaiser posted...

Also, in what kind of universe would you take Thanos over Crono?

A universe in which he has all the Infinity Stones.
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maybe thanos snapped his fingers and that's where all the votals went
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Not_Wylvane posted...

With KH3 on the horizon? I'd likely go with Sora.

Oh yeah forgot about that.

I asked because Crono at least has a remote excuse for his loss to Pikachu in 2013, while Sora lost to Pikachu when another Pokemon character was in the poll too.

Sora just seems to be in that weird spot where his seeding suggests he's one of the top dogs, then he goes out and confirms himself as "just elite". The only contests Sora really looked particularly great in were the ones taking place in the years immediately following KH2.

I was wondering if RE4 would be able to beat KH2 more easily in a rematch now, but uh.
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Crono would be able to beat Thanos. He's died before, wouldn't be that hard to do it again.
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Big Bob posted...

Crono would be able to beat Thanos. He's died before, wouldn't be that hard to do it again.

Chrono Trigger Spoilers
Not really, his friends mistook him for a doll, he was fine all along.
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Advokaiser posted...

Was this before or after the nominations went up on the front page?

After.

We are up to 14910 nominations now.
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Spoiler: 500 of them are Link.

oh wow so we've nearly doubled the nomination total since they went up yesterday

I'm guessing the Noble Nine are all fine now

I'm also kind of curious to see who gets added to the database (if anyone) since they went up on the front page to get an idea of who they might be getting behind
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That's also the moment I realize how feeble those 5 votes I traded for Red are.

Well, if Aqua has at least 100 votes based on the Guru and it can get in with a decent seeding, I think trading 15 characters plus the ones from casual folks may be a good investment after all.
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Well, if they've done enough to get in the database, it means a decent number of people have nominated them, so it's certainly better than nothing.
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Another Mario 1 playrate poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7202-
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Advokaiser posted...

Well, if Aqua has at least 100 votes based on the Guru and it can get in with a decent seeding, I think trading 15 characters plus the ones from casual folks may be a good investment after all.

I wonder how lucrative keeping a rally going in on the first page might actually be with this many max nominations. I wonder how many casuals would start nominating their favorites, run out of ideas at about 10 or so, and would actually click on the board and see some of these rallies based on the topic titles and bite on them until they get to 20.
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i'm hoping getting Metal Sonic into the database will secure him a ton of noms from people nominating Sonic and friends and seeing Metal Sonic suggested
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18389 total nominations now.
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how much is that compared to the past?
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The wiki says the 2013 Character Battle had 25602 total nominations. The 2015 game contest had 42222.
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Team Rocket Elite posted...

18389 total nominations now.

But how many different characters have been nominated?
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Team Rocket Elite posted...

18389 total nominations now.

But how many different characters have been nominated?

Only SBAllen knows.
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Favorite GameCube game poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7203-
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Same options as these polls:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/5632-13-years-after-its-original-release-whats-your-all-time
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6836-16-years-after-its-original-release-whats-your-all-time
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ToS grabbing second place early has to be some board vote shenanigans, lol.
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Symphonia has always done well in this poll. It stands out amongst all the Nintendo.
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TTYD forever
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LeonhartFour posted...

Symphonia has always done well in this poll. It stands out amongst all the Nintendo.

ToS overperforms in multi-way polls confirmed?

On a side note I've been re-reading all the contest match analyses, and oh my what a ride Spring 2004 must have been. I read through everything from FF7/Xenogears on in one sitting! Usually I just read 8 or sometimes 16 matches.
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Where is resident evil 4, Killer7, Baten Kaitos