Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1299

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Seeing Auron only getting 55% on somone who only put up ~52% on Magus got me really excited for Sub-Zero's hopes. I then remembered that Auron basically 60-40d him in almost every damn contest the past decade. I wish I didn't

Nice to see Geralt recovering well. Gives me hope in him defeating Bayonetta.

pjbasis posted...

Usually these Factors are trying to describe things that bend the transitivity though.

Otherwise...it's not really worth talking about except to try to explain where a character's strength might come from. But there's no reason to think Tifa is strong because she's a girl anymore than to think Cloud is strong because he's not.

It kinda does though! Tifa regularly overperforms against female characters, including twice on Samus! Compare what she did to Chun-Li in 2013 to what Ganondorf did earlier this round.
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That's a lot of messy data between that can be explained in lots of other ways!
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Or you can just use Occam's Razor

This is still a site that's 90%+ male and we still like hot video game girls. Tifa was the original hot video game girl for most of this site. You never forget your first love.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Or you can just use Occam's Razor

This is still a site that's 90%+ male and we still like hot video game girls. Tifa was the original hot video game girl for most of this site. You never forget your first love.

Speak for yourself man I dont crank it to anime
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I don't think the simplest solution is finding special reasons for each characters unexpected performances to make them non transitive.
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I mean the simplest solution is that Tifa is just really strong and being hot is an intrinsic part of her strength

I don't think it's really that complicated of an answer at all

Hot SFF totally legit
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LeonhartFour posted...

Tifa regularly overperforms against female characters

Boobs SFF?
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Boobs LFF

It's like beer goggles, Tifa draws power from the weaker boobs that surround her
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Sure and that's fine, but really it's just character design. Distinguishing it simply as TJF when we don't break down design in any other way just seems pointless unless you're trying to argue that TJF affects results in away that normal design doesn't. And if its affecting results differently from any other type of design that means it must be non transitive.
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dude we made TJF up in 2002 when we were all 15 year olds and the X-Stats hadn't even been conceived yet

don't overthink it
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5 minutes to know if MEWTWO IS A FRAUD or not
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whos voting for tifa? I know I am.
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LeonhartFour posted...

dude we made TJF up in 2002 when we were all 15 year olds and the X-Stats hadn't even been conceived yet

don't overthink it

I hear that, but it's definitely getting thrown around as something more serious than it is sometimes.
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wow 50/50 with the early vote

Mewtwo is a fraud confirmed
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Oh no
Fraud incoming
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hahahah mewtwo exposed cant even win with the board vote
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And uh...I thought Luigi would be stronger than this
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FROG
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I thought MMX was a fraud too for a second there
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Nanis23 posted...

And uh...I thought Luigi would be stronger than this

X > Luigi was always known
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The CT board vote is always great.
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looks like Mewtwo might not be the only fraud here

darn it Luigi
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LeonhartFour posted...

dude we made TJF up in 2002 when we were all 15 year olds and the X-Stats hadn't even been conceived yet

don't overthink it

I was around in 2002 so I remember (although the account was bhunter88.... and I lost the password before the next contest so I made this account just to enter in 2k3).

That said, if people are treating it seriously I'll analyze it seriously.
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Green rSFF
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CT is strong!
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Feeling good about Tifa winning the division right now!
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Lower thine guard etc.
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KamikazePotato posted...

Feeling good about Tifa winning the division right now!

What
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who the hell votes luigi seriously? he's always been a fraud next to mario
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Yeah ok Tifa is totally killing Mewtwo
What the fuck
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Samurai7 posted...

That said, if people are treating it seriously I'll analyze it seriously.

well people are treating it seriously in the sense that being an attractive girl is a part of someone like Tifa's strength
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It's the middle of the ASV folks. Let's goooooooo Frog!
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This simultaneously confirms Sephiroth > Luigi and Luigi not even getting to that point.
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Maybe people are finally getting tired of all these Pokemans
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davidponte posted...

This simultaneously confirms Sephiroth > Luigi and Luigi not even getting to that point.

X > Sephiroth tho
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Guess I was wrong for calling out Charmander's prediction % on Mewtwo being too low
Wow this is so pathetic
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nah Ryu>Sephiroth
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Mewtwo is not a fraud, Tifa > Link!
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Kicking myself at not taking Crono to do more after spending two podcasts talking about it.

Also, Mega Man X. =)
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Mewtwo literally a bigger fraud than anyone predicted

LeonhartFour posted...

Samurai7 posted...

That said, if people are treating it seriously I'll analyze it seriously.

well people are treating it seriously in the sense that being an attractive girl is a part of someone like Tifa's strength

eeeh they were treating it seriously like it was the only thing bayonetta should've needed to win.
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Great job Tifa

What is Luigi doing
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So
Pikachu > Red > Fraudizard > Fraud^Two ?

Predicting Mewtwo at least finishes above 40. Tifa's board vote is not bad and I honestly dont remember Pokemons being that great.
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tennisboy213 posted...

Mewtwo literally a bigger fraud than anyone predicted

This is about where I figured he'd be on a Yoga that is going to get blown out by X, especially after Charizard and Pikachu looked like shit
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Dang Mewtwo. I didn't expect the guy to win, but to be this weak? Looks like he's not only a fraud, but he's fallen in strength, too. Probably couldn't even get 60% on Phoenix anymore!
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Mewtwo = turd of the round?
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

Predicting Mewtwo at least finishes above 40. Tifa's board vote is not bad and I honestly dont remember Pokemons being that great.

Tifa's board vote was pretty bad last round!

Pokemon has been one of the most frontloaded entities this contest.
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I remember someone saying pre-contest that Pikachu and Red would be legit while Mewtwo and Charizard would be frauds. Oh how right he was...

Still kicking myself for not taking Red > Sora; I saw that shit coming but chickened out.
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