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Character Battle VIII Contest Analysis Crew - Part 6
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Crono would still beat Yoshi. Crono just isn't as good against jokes. I will not count Missingno out of this until he has absolutely no chance. --- xyzzy |
that lead stayed at 40 votes for a long time. I feel pretty bad about this as a Yoshi supporter. --- xyzzy |
Crono would probably beat Yoshi, but by how much? 52%? 51%? --- http://i46.tinypic.com/v4o0mx.jpg best sig bet EVER |
I dunno, Yoshi sucked last year so I could see him sucking again. maybe 55%? Crono's hard to pin down right now. --- xyzzy |
Ha, go Yoshi. --- study the past if you would define the future |
From: transience | #256 Missingno didn't have any trouble pinning Crono --- Maybe PICS NAO later, WTF do you think this is, Neopets or something! No ****ing maybe no ****ing later, PICS NAO or DAIIIIII!! -- LeighDaMan |
lol Missingno what a joke ...wait --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
From: KamikazePotato | #249 Yoshi has brackets? Really now. --- "Stay with me until the end. Please." "Not until the end. Always." |
Anyway,
from first two hour impressions, Missingno still probably win this, but
it's not the kind of performance it needs to make me feel confident
about beating Sephiroth. --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
if Yoshi dominates the afterschool vote, then I'll feel good about it, but if not then Missingno will make a big comeback. if Missingno wins, Sephiroth is screwed --- xyzzy |
You know what would be more awesome? Yoshi beating Missingno today, then getting Kirby-bandwagoned over Sephiroth and Tifa. Contest redeemed. --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Kirby bandwagon'd Yoshi > Sephiroth and Tifa would be fantastic. You know how a joke is basically 'everyone decides a random character to win the contest?' That would work with anyone, not just Missingno. on-topic: whoever wins the ASV should win the match. Right now Yoshi's at 51%in North America-he should be in good shape with the school demographic. --- Guru contest: Burned by Zard Yoshi > Missingno Believe!! |
Yeah, ok, this match just got stupid. --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Amazing how in the course of half an hour we went from "haha, Crono's flat out pathetic!" to "yikes, Seph's in serious trouble!" That being said... Yikes, Seph's in serious trouble! --- You should search B8 for The Show, hosted by Ng & Ed! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
No he isn't. --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Well,
I guess Miz won't get to capitalize on this Pokemon ASV. On the other
hand Seph'll be destroyed in the early going, and I certainly like a
joke's chances better in a match with 20k fewer votes... Got to disagree with you guys- if he can win here, Mizno's trouble for anyone in a 12 hour setting. --- You should search B8 for The Show, hosted by Ng & Ed! thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com |
yeah, Seph is screwed here. --- xyzzy |
...I think this'll be the first time I've ever voted for Seph. --- "Run, run, or you'll be well done!" ~Kefka, Final Fantasy 6~ |
You guys need to BELIEVE --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Missingno
has now lost the board vote to both Crono and Yoshi. Board 8 better
break that pattern and support him against Sephiroth! --- Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi Link's quest to save us from the oppression of the jokes- Round 3: Megaman X |
Was there ever a time when Seph wasn't
screwed, other than when Yoshi was actually holding the lead?
Missingno. thrives on an anti-votable opponent--and with FF7 already
guaranteed to be its third-round opponent and projected to be its
fourth- and sixth-round opponents, it's looking like poor, "pathetic"
Crono has a very realistic shot at being #2 in the x-stats unless
either Snake or Link can pull something out. I know that most people
like to believe that if A beats B and B beats C, A would definitely
beat C, but I really don't think Missingno. works that way. A stronger
opponent just helps build a joke character's bandwagon--Yoshi always
did have the best shot. Actually, forget about Snake and Link. The real "best hope" for stopping Missingno. is if Gordon can upset Tifa. Who better than the Last Free Man to take down this abomination? One only has to worry that due to his win on the Gamespot contest, casuals might not realize that he's not supposed to be one of those "elites" and will treat it just like the Crono/Sephiroth/Snake/Cloud/Link matches--"lol, let's make this elite character lose to a Pokémon glitch". "lol, watch this elite character lose to a glitch". That's all you have to remember. And you know what? It's sickening. Perhaps the worst part is that all the other jokes are in the top half of the bracket, so we can't even hold out for someone like L-Block to stop this madness. They just had to put Missingno. in the group of death, didn't they? I knew right away that the Jenova Division was stupid tough, with two Noble Niners, two top midcarders, one medium-high midcarder, and the aforementioned Gamespot character battle winner...which means that Missingno. gets a steady diet of powerhouses to feast on. This is just sick. --- CB8 score: 99 Wrong picks: Ocelot, Wesker, Fawful, Tidus x2, Phoenix x2, Simon, Kratos Aurion, Crono, Soap MacTavish; Master Chief, Kratos x2, Riku, Dante x2 |
Man,
Sephiroth is going to be fine. Pokemon winning the ASV over Mario isn't
surprising. Mario characters are all morning vote. Their ASV is
surprisingly average, and Pokemon's is very good. Still not feeling Sephiroth losing to Missingno, especially after seeing that he can't get a dominant board vote against Yoshi and Crono. Yes, I understand Sephiroth's board vote is worse, but it just tells me that the board isn't really behind Missingno enough to get him the huge lead he needs to withstand that night vote. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
SPOILERS Missingno dies --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
Missingno
did what he needed to do today. 51% or 55% makes no real difference- he
was never going to beat Sephiroth on strength anyway. --- Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi Link's quest to save us from the oppression of the jokes- Round 3: Megaman X |
Missingno's
surprisingly mediocre board vote is more telling to me than anything.
If it was going to beat Sephiroth, it needed to get out to a big lead
early. I can't see it doing that at this point. --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
I
can. The board sided with Crono and Yoshi because ever since 2008, it's
wanted to stop jokes. It doesn't hurt that Crono and Yoshi are both
good at the board vote. Sephiroth, in a match beginning at midnight
(which was the time L-Block performed all his crazy stuff) is the
perfect character to bring out the old joke character early vote. --- Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi Link's quest to save us from the oppression of the jokes- Round 3: Megaman X |
I
expect Missingno to lead Sephiroth early. I'm just not convinced it can
get the super huge lead it needs on Sephiroth to stay in the lead. This
thing isn't in L-Block's league in terms of board votes, and there's a
good reason for that. The start time has little to do with it, I think. --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
I feel either Sephiroth will win easily (56%+, possible 60%+) or Missingno will win it in a close one. --- Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi Link's quest to save us from the oppression of the jokes- Round 3: Megaman X |
Crono and Yoshi are early vote gods. Sephiroth is dead. --- xyzzy |
The first hour isn't going to matter when Sephiroth gets 11 more to undo the damage. Yoshi, by the way, couldn't even come close to leading Squall with the board vote, though he did win it by a little in the relative sense. --- Mustache...and Green... |
Crono's
board vote was pretty bad last year until he faced Vincent, quite
frankly. Yeah, it's Vincent, and it's FFVII, but the point is that
Missingno needs early vote momentum. I don't care how good Crono's and
Yoshi's board votes are. Missingno's going to need a 2007 L-Block level
board vote to beat Sephiroth, and right now, he's not getting one. --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
Missingno doesn't need early vote momentum. look at today. --- xyzzy |
From: transients | #285 There's a big difference between Sephiroth and Yoshi, and Missingno isn't going to have the Pokemon ASV to save his tail. If he can't lead Sephiroth big time early, the FF night vote will bury it. --- "I can set you free, mate." "My freedom was forfeit long ago!" |
I actually feel better about Missingno with less votes. a night match will be no big deal. --- xyzzy |
If
Missingno gets a lead of even 1000 (i.e. with normal trends Seph wins
by perhaps 4000), Seph may be hard pressed to win it. Once Seph
approaches taking the lead whatever all these joke characters do in
close matches will kick in. --- Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi Link's quest to save us from the oppression of the jokes- Round 3: Megaman X |
A night match will be no big deal if it can get up 1000-2000 votes in one or two hours, but it won't. --- "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" "Witness! You can't just say 'Hello' and expect us to get anywhere! I want you to testify!" |
you
still see strength as being an issue with Missingno -- I don't. people
aren't going to vote Missingno over Crono and Yoshi but then change
their minds when Sephiroth comes around. this isn't an issue of
strength. it's like L-Block was back in 2007. you just won't beat it by normal means. against Sephiroth, it's joke votes + anti-Sephiroth votes + whatever bandwagon effect may come. this should be enough to overwhelm Sephiroth overnight. --- xyzzy |
Contest over, pack it up boys. --- :> |
I
don't think Missingno is going to magically play up to Sephiroth
though, and I don't think Missingno is all joke power (a lot of it is
just Poke Power), so I would disagree on the notion that people
wouldn't vote Sephiroth over Missingno when they would over Crono and
Yoshi. There's very little evidence of rallying in this match aside
from those two hours where it absolutely crushed Yoshi, and the vote
totals here aren't anything astronomical. I'm seeing very little
"bandwagon" effect here. --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
it
doesn't have the wild trends of L-Block, but there's definitely a
bandwagon effect there. if this was close at the end, we'd see
Missingno pull away. the more rounds it wins, the bigger the bandwagon
gets too. I dunno, I see it beat Crono and Yoshi and I say, what makes Sephiroth different? --- xyzzy |
Plus,
I think the "anti-joke" contingent is a lot stronger than it was in
2007, which is part of the reason Missingno can't dominate the board
vote the way L-Block did. --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
I dunno, I see it beat Crono and Yoshi and I say, what makes Sephiroth different? I just think Missingno isn't raw joke power like L-Block is, so that's going to hurt it. Plus, it gets Sephiroth during FFVII time. I don't see a night vote as an advantage for Missingno. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
I think the pro-joke contingent is stronger as well. it's just more polarized. I think the joke people just want another joke character to win and the non-joke people want to kill them at any cost. this contest has become a weird war between these two factions. I loved L-Block's run but watching the two sides go at it has kind of ruined the fun for me. I think it's kinda sad that the only thing that can compete with our contest hierarchy are inanimate objects. oh well! --- xyzzy |
There's
only so many votes Sephiroth can squeeze out of the dead zone. The real
reason FFVII skyrockets in percentage is that its early vote is so
abominably bad, such that it is well below what FFVII can pull in
during the day time, rather than FFVII being so good in the dead zone.
It can put up scary percentages in the dead zone, but in terms of
actual votes gained, it's not that big. --- Missingno's quest to avenge Crono - Round 2: Yoshi Link's quest to save us from the oppression of the jokes- Round 3: Megaman X |
I
don't see a bandwagon or rallying or whatever in this match at all.
Yoshi kept it close until the ASV when he got hit hard. Now that we're
getting the west coast ASV he's getting hit hard again. This seems like
pretty normal day trends to me. In a close match Missingno can probably
pull off what he did to Crono but that wasn't a particularly huge
swing. Mario's done that an awful lot better. --- Mustache...and Green... |
L-Block was not bandwagoned in the second round either. |
I
dunno. I just don't see this as a "You're either for Missingno or
you're against him!" scenario (though even if it were, there's a bigger
chunk of the voters against it than there were against L-Block in 2007,
and that was done in 4-ways, which I still think makes a difference). I
think there's a decent-sized contingent that legitimately likes
Missingno. Plus, Sephiroth is just way above Crono or Yoshi to the
point where I can't just say, "Well, if those guys, why not him?" to
that. I'm not ruling out Missingno by any means. It has a very real and
respectable chance of winning that match, but I remain skeptical. --- "I couldn't stand a day without a past or future. I need to live each moment to keep fighting here and now." |