Board 8 > Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XX: Day 46 [smfffc]

(+) Yeah! (+)

please tell me that knocks monkey boy back below Kuja
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This is a fun contest so far
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who do ya want next round pj
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Wait a second...

Did pj ACTUALLY score a successful snipe?!
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Does it count as a snipe when there's no urgent rush and he just kind of... leisurely strolls in and saves (probably unware of the NR offer)

i did it
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I was aware of the nr thats why I said gimme a minute.

Get noctis
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CelesMyUserName posted...

amazing

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Okay. I will gladly save Noctis next round

And claim my portion of the credit for Zidane's head accordingly
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Janus5k posted...

please tell me that knocks monkey boy back below Kuja

yes it does
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Zidane out so soon is pretty bad

Woops forgot to save hr3
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CelesMyUserName posted...

yes it does

Magnificent. Now we just need to get Terra eliminated soon to knock her back below Celes and most of the damage of the weird elims this year will be undone.
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pjbasis posted...

I was aware of the nr thats why I said gimme a minute.

Oh yeah I missed that. Very nice!

But really I can't remember the last round that didn't end with a flurry, usually with some saves still coming in after the final clinching save. This one was just a complete standstill with 3 characters left (2 with NRs). Great development.

Me, I'm just really happy about the power of friendship clearing FF7 from the board.

when pjb said 'gimme a minute' i didn't expect him to come back
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ok I think I'm done posting STATS

don't see the point if other people are gonna post the interesting stuff instead
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th3l3fty posted...

don't see the point if other people are gonna post the interesting stuff instead

This is why Leon never released them to the public

Stats nerdz would take all the thunder
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hmm, i was deciding between zidane and lulu for my hour 2 save. I have a feeling lulu would've been covered, so that was my slip up there.
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wait really, I still really like seeing all of the placements and stuff
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Yeah us casuals only read the host stats

We don't read the leaks
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Yes please lefty, keep posting stats!! I like your stats, Inviso's snipe stats, any stats I can get.

I was actually thinking some fun stats would be tabulating the list of anybody who saved a character in a round that that character was eliminated in, keep track on who's got the misfortune, the unfortunate touch... probably too late to do that unless you're keeping track of precise vote results by round? Maybe next time.

Also please confirm no round tomorrow as I've got dinner plans and will need to compensate if so...

Stats OR ELSE
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MartinFF7 posted...

probably too late to do that unless you're keeping track of precise vote results by round

I am not, but there is most certainly a way to check that out

MartinFF7 posted...

Also please confirm no round tomorrow as I've got dinner plans and will need to compensate if so...

I've already said no chance of a round whatsoever, so I'm not going back on that

(do expect more double rounds in the near future though)
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How bout some goddamn dead of night rounds

These 'crazy round schedules' just seem like an excuse to put the round up whenever is convenient to you !!
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when is lenne's first appearance into the game anyway

just wondering if i even saw her in my limited play time

save zack no matter WHAT

I don't know anything of these stats myself, so I need the official stats to keep me informed
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th3l3fty posted...

ok I think I'm done posting STATS

don't see the point if other people are gonna post the interesting stuff instead

To be totally fair, you have really been slack on posting them in a timely manner so you shouldn't be very annoyed at it. I'd prefer it if we went back to posting stats after the round is over for an hour as per tradition. That said, I'd still prefer the host to do in the classic style rather than just posting these tidbits of information.
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Lopen posted...

Now that's good blood.

CelesMyUserName posted...

amazing

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Zidane noo
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With such a "spicy" elimination I was really hoping for some official STATS. All aboard the kick GMUN in the teeth train!
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Doesn't the host loathe Zidane? I think that's why he's not posting the stats for him.
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He's already gone over this. When the rounds are late, he doesn't post stats because he goes to sleep afterward. And I dunno presumably he doesn't have time to do them in the morning either I guess.
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Please do official stats. I love official stats =(.
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so do i just post the stats or
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If you post stats I am murdering everything you love.
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Why does everyone want to go back to having a backlog of six characters needing stats and taking days? The stats don't change no matter who posts them.

I think it's kinda lame lefty is calling GMUN out like this.
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I think part of the fun in hosting is being able to post random things you think are important as the host after results, and adding your own flair to it. In that sense lefty's being stepped on in a lot of ways. It's kind of disrespectful to the host. He's not being unreasonable to be annoyed by it.

If GMUN is doing it it kinda loses a lot of the charm since he adds nothing to it. It's basically the bot version of stats being posted-- all stats no personality.
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I mean

it's more that he's posting STATS stuff before the results are official than anything else, really

it's one thing if it's twelve hours late, but don't steal my thunder before I can even post them
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lefty you can always ask me directly to stop, I've always obliged

don't just go straight to indirect passive aggressiveness and taking your ball

and lopen I only simple things literally anyone can do because lefty is around for the deeper rundowns
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Lopen posted...

I think part of the fun in hosting is being able to post random things you think are important as the host after results, and adding your own flair to it. In that sense lefty's being stepped on in a lot of ways. It's kind of disrespectful to the host. He's not being unreasonable to be annoyed by it.

If GMUN is doing it it kinda loses a lot of the charm since he adds nothing to it. It's basically the bot version of stats being posted-- all stats no personality.

Back when there was that days-long stats backlog, GMUN wasn't even posting stats and no one really knew about them. Like, I'm not saying lefty is being a bad host but it really doesn't seem like spending time on stats is part of the fun for him. I'm honestly wondering if he's just taking the first excuse to not have to do them anymore.
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I like stats.
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I'm just saying I understand why he's annoyed. Not necessarily saying he's right to be annoyed. There is of course some amount of time taken between lefty posting stats and the round's end where it becomes reasonable to start gabbing about em but yeah.
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I feel like I like the flavor behind the stats more than the stats themselves

or when the characters become compared to other ones or when hosts make us have to guess unique STATS or something
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55. Zidane Tribal

CI - 2/40 [lost to Cecil, 155-179]
CII - 15/45
CIII - 36/50
CIV - 15/55
CV - 13/60
CVI - 14/65
CVII - 5/70
CVIII - 2/75 [lost to Balthier, 254-265]
CIX - 42/75
CX - 22/75
CXI - 43/75
CXII - 1/75 [def. Ashe, 332-142]
CXIII - 6/75
CXIV - 12/102
CXV - 3/100
CXVI - 11/100
CXVII - 20/100
CXVIII - 18/100
CXIX - 15/100
CXX - 55/100

Zidane has done extremely well for himself over the years, especially in the stretch following his title. Only two other champions have avoided a drop-off of at least 20 spots in the two appearances after their win, but Zidane managed to hold on a full eight before finally taking the dive. This technically ties Cecil's record, but Zidane's streak comes in a much more difficult era to pull off such a feat. He also holds the record for the largest finals blowout over Ashe at 70.04%, over five percent higher than the next best.

That said, this placement drops him from the cusp of the upper echelon at 79.25% to 77.59%, swapping spots with Kuja again right back into 5th.
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Oh wow I didn't know he made top 20 for every contest I participated in.

UNTIL NOW
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yay
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for those of you wondering, this does not open the door for Vivi to take over the top spot for IX - Kuja's simply too far ahead for that to happen this year
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Boo Kuja
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If Vivi can take #2 and punt Zidane down to #3 that would be pretty rad too.
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