Why does it matter so much to go by "Cloud Strife" rather than "Cloud"? I thought parts of names worked just fine...

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Haste_2 | Posted 9/25/2007 8:19:14 PM | message detail
Why does it matter so much to go by "Cloud Strife" rather than "Cloud"? I thought parts of names worked just fine...

Huh?
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Oh, from the other topic....

Fox McCloud

The script will prompt Kaxon every single time someone will make a prediction for Cloud, that's why....
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I'm surprised by people's lack of confidence in Spyro. I'm predicting a conservative 16.5% for him, but that actually seems low to me.
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I'm surprised by people's lack of confidence in Spyro. I'm predicting a conservative 16.5% for him, but that actually seems low to me.

the problem with spyro is he hasn't been in since 2k2 (unreliable x-stats), and there's no way he's as popular as crash bandicoot, plus he's in a match against the star of resi4, a nintendo character, and a square character. the combination pretty much spells disaster for spyro.
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Why can't he be as popular as Crash? Dragons>Bandicoots. Crash was never anything special.
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Crash's games were much more popular.
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I think this is your answer creative....
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wow, i pwned myself the last couple of days, absolutely terrible predictions, went from 1st/2nd to 4th lol
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Well there goes that...
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Wow, Spyro could end up as the worst performing non-joke character (Zolom doesn't count) in the contest if this keeps up.

As for Top 5's, Mega Mana is also doing well. In any case, this certainly makes up for the paucity of top 5's in the past two contests for me. Plus, who knows what will happen in the 2nd half.

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Match # 23 Results
Pikachu 36.62%
Tidus 31.84%
Isaac 17.60%
Serge 13.93%

Pikachu blew away our expectations yesterday, becoming the latest in a series of Pokemon to impress us this contest. Meanwhile Tidus became the latest Final Fantasy character to disappoint by finishing almost 5% behind Pika. Isaac did about as expected while Serge was an unmitigated flop. The consensus predictions were Isaac - 16.65%; Pikachu - 28.34%; Serge - 18.81%; Tidus - 36.04%, and the average score was 44.52 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) GaminGGuY - Isaac 19.00% - Pikachu 34.00% - Serge 14.00% - Tidus 33.00% (+48.68)
2) Mega Mana - Isaac 18.51% - Pikachu 32.76% - Serge 16.52% - Tidus 32.21% (+48.06)
3) Weird Kirby Dude11 - Isaac 18.08% - Pikachu 32.32% - Serge 14.60% - Tidus 35.00% (+47.84)
4) somdude04 - Isaac 13.00% - Pikachu 37.00% - Serge 15.00% - Tidus 35.00% (+47.69)
5) MegatokyoEd - Isaac 18.00% - Pikachu 32.00% - Serge 15.00% - Tidus 35.00% (+47.68)
5) KingBartz - Isaac 18.00% - Pikachu 32.00% - Serge 15.00% - Tidus 35.00% (+47.68)

Newcomer GaminGGuy gets the top pick on his very first Oracle prediction ever - that's starting in style! Mega Mana had the #2 pick for his 4th top 5 of the contest. Wierd Kirby Dude got his first top 5 of the contest in third. Somdude was fourth with his 20th lifetime top 5, while MegatokyoEd and KingBartz had exactly the same prediction, tying for fifth.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=23

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 1072.63
2) creativename - 1067.91
3) Master Moltar - 1067.52
4) supdawg - 1067.19
5) Haste2 - 1066.89

Once again The n00b Avenger remains in first - he's been there 16 out of 23 days so far this contest. Creativename moves up to second, the highest he's been since his amazing SC2k5 run, swapping places with supdawg. Moltar stays in 3rd and Haste2 stays in 5th.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=23

Top Team Scores:
1) SPO*N - 94.52 (Weird Kirby Dude11: +47.84 / ActJef1077: +46.68)
2) Battle with Gilgamesh < JENOVA - 93.93 (Janus5000: +47.23 / KleenexTissue50: +46.70)
3) mvp's - 93.81 (ps2rulezzz: +46.18 / basmeyer42: +47.63)
4) One-Two Punch - 93.25 (th3l3fty: +46.24 / yazzy14: +47.01)
5) Discovery Channel - 92.79 (Jmast7: +47.38 / Leebo86: +45.41)

Team SPO*N heads the top 5 today - they've been up there 4 times already this contest. Team BWG < J-E-N-O-V-A gets second, also their 4th time in the top 5. Team mvp's is up there for the 6th time in 9 days (not even counting their sixth place yesterday), truly an impressive run. Team One-Two Punch (th3l3fty and yazzy) gets fourth, followed by Team Discovery Channel (Jmast and Leebo).

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teammatch&match=23

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 2134.43
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 2123.21
3) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 2122.38
4) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 2119.81
5) Team Big Black Wangs (Master Moltar / Explicit Content) - 2119.26

Predestined Divination is first and We Used To Be Good? is still second, but Team mvp's comes close to overtaking them as they move up from fifth to third. Team Rage of Warcraft moves down one spot to fourth and Team Big Black Wangs moves down to fifth. Everyone in the top 5 scored 90.xx points, except for mvp's, who were 3 points higher.

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teamtotal&match=23
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Oof, for Top 5 finishes and not even Top 50 yet ;_;

'bout time we had another top 5.

Those first three were all in the first three matches!
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Top 5 Predictions: 1 (1,0,0,0,0); 235th
Efficiency Rating: 90.976

o_O
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As for Top 5's, Mega Mana is also doing well. In any case, this certainly makes up for the paucity of top 5's in the past two contests for me. Plus, who knows what will happen in the 2nd half.

You've got a shot at another one today too, which is pretty impressive.
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I think there might be a bug in the efficiency rating calculations for this contest... his should be 25.8, which is still insane but not quite as ridiculous.
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Y'know, I have the worst overall ranking of my Oracle career, yet also have the best average of my OC.
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Kaxon | Posted 9/26/2007 10:23:40 AM | message detail
I think there might be a bug in the efficiency rating calculations for this contest... his should be 25.8, which is still insane but not quite as ridiculous.

One more thing to add to the list of things that need to be fixed somehow at some point....at least for this I know what's wrong!

I totally blame this on the inferior SQL version we're running =P
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I can't figure out why, but you don't seem to have recorded my change to my prediction for this match, or the picks I made for the rest of the first round. The post I made them in is #430 in the "Round 1 - Divisions 5-8" topic. I reposted the ones for tomorrow through the end of round 1 in the new topic, but you still have my old pick for today's match on the website. I hope I just made some stupid mistake and nothing has gone wrong...
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Yeah, my post near the end of the other topic hasn't been caught either. Probably just slow updating in that topic.
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Yeah, my post near the end of the other topic hasn't been caught either. Probably just slow updating in that topic.

Same here.
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Okay. Whew!
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ANNOUNCEMENT

Posts #394 to #450 (inclusive) [Lady Ashe 9/24/2007 8:58:27 PM - Ed Bellis' 9/25/2007 6:28:10 PM] of the old prediction topic (http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=38375497) have not been processed into the database at this point. I wasn't aware of the situation until now and we'll look into what the hell happened. The situation will be resolved ASAP, thank you for your understanding, blah blah blah blah....

In short, the predictions are fine, it'll be fixed before the end of the match and we'll figure out what happened...
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I had a near perfect pick for today but changed it....damnit.

Wow. I never thought a picture of a tetris piece could be ruined but that image of L-Block is so meh. Still doesn't help predicting that match any easier though.
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Dang it SB... that's not the pic we needed!

Yup, pulling the plug on my upset call now.

*goes back to change it*

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I think all the predictions should be in now... sorry about the screw-up.
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Well, my prediction today is epically bad. I thought L-Block would be Matt-level fodder, and that Nathan would be better than people gave him credit for... whoops.
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13) Ed Bellis Leon Kennedy 40.66% Ridley 20.15% Spyro 12.16% Vivi 27.03% 48.08
13) transience Leon Kennedy 39.44% Ridley 16.66% Spyro 14.46% Vivi 30.44% 48.08


So... we get a free game, right?

>_>
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Aww, missed the top 5. Certainly not going to get there in this match. Wow. If this keeps up, anyone think this will be the contest's worst scoring match?
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Sigh.. And to think if I didn't miss the other match completely, I'd be doing really well now.. Arg stupid being busy. So unfair. Oh well.
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Hahaha. Woooow. I really hope the average score for this match is 40 or lower... >_<
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Match # 24 Results
Leon Kennedy 40.13%
Vivi Ornitier 30.87%
Ridley 18.88%
Spyro the Dragon 10.13%

Nothing too surprising today, but Leon did better than expected, just as the other RE4 character in the contest did earlier. The consensus predictions were Leon - 35.75%; Ridley - 19.94%; Spyro - 13.70%; Vivi - 30.72%. The average score was 46.37.

Best Five Picks:
1) Canth - Leon Kennedy 40.20% - Ridley 18.56% - Spyro 10.79% - Vivi 30.45% (+49.63)
2) BlAcK TuRtLe - Leon Kennedy 40.00% - Ridley 20.00% - Spyro 10.00% - Vivi 30.00% (+49.43)
3) StopPokingMe - Leon Kennedy 41.04% - Ridley 17.22% - Spyro 11.72% - Vivi 30.02% (+48.74)
3) Cokes - Leon Kennedy 41.35% - Ridley 16.37% - Spyro 11.32% - Vivi 30.96% (+48.74)
5) PeaceOut64 - Leon Kennedy 37.50% - Ridley 18.80% - Spyro 12.60% - Vivi 31.10% (+48.64)

Canth has the best prediction of the day, placing in the top 5 for his first time ever! Black Turtle gets second and StopPokingMe gets third, both for their 2nd top 5 of the contest (although StopPokingMe has 29 lifetime). Cokes places in the top 5 for the second time in four days, and PeaceOut64 takes fifth.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=24

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 1120.29
2) supdawg - 1114.96
3) creativename - 1114.40
4) Master Moltar - 1114.36
5) Haste2 - 1113.89

The n00b Avenger is still on top, but supdawg retakes second place from creativename! Creative and Moltar drop to third and fourth, respectively, while Haste2 remains in fifth. The race between 2-5 is very close (and MegatokyoEd and Ngamer aren't too far behind in 6th and 7th either).

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=24

Top Team Scores:
1) Better Bettors - 96.30 (FastFalcon05: +48.33 / kaonashi1: +47.97)
2) mvp's - 96.18 (ps2rulezzz: +48.00 / basmeyer42: +48.18)
3) ted crunkensteinsience and the AUGHs - 96.16 (transience: +48.08 / Ed Bellis: +48.08)
4) Indomitable Force - 96.08 (Aprosenf: +47.58 / Draco1214: +48.50)
5) Happy Happyists - 95.80 (Camden: +47.99 / meche313: +47.81)

Team Better Bettors gets their sixth top 5 with the top score, while Team mvp's continues their tear with their amazing 7th top 5 in 10 days. Team ted crunkensteinsience and the AUGHs makes its triumphant return the the top 5 after a long absence - Ed Bellis and transience both had exactly the same score with completely different predictions. (This seems to happen more often than it should). Team Indomitable Force (Aprosenf and Draco) gets its first top 5 of the contest, while Team Happy Happyists gets its third.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teammatch&match=24

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 2227.43
2) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 2218.56
3) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 2217.76
4) Team Big Black Wangs (Master Moltar / Explicit Content) - 2214.03
5) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 2214.02

We have a change in the upper part of the leaderboard - Team mvp's has managed to overtake Team We Used To Be Good? for second place! Team Predestined Divination is still a long way ahead, but not as far as they were yesterday. Team Rage of Warcraft and Team Big Black Wangs hold on to their spots.

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teamtotal&match=24
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Aww, missed the top 5. Certainly not going to get there in this match. Wow. If this keeps up, anyone think this will be the contest's worst scoring match?

Seems possible... the consensus for Kirby was over 50 and the consensus for L-Block was about 19, so most people are losing over 7 and a half points right now on them alone. (Our worst average so far was 42.81 on Fox/Wario/Banjo/Falcon)
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aww yeah i knew i had a good shot at Leon's match.
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on and that was 2nd in 3 days >_>
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I would have tied for 2nd but I changed and got 22nd instead *sigh*

and lmao @ todays match. We are all going to do so bad.

I think the hilarious thing is that yesterday's prediction was a safety pick I forgot to change, and my actual pick would have had Vivi higher at everyone's expense.

Good show <_<

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And holy crap, I didn't even reallize I got first in Master Chief's fourpack. I thought I'd be way off with how low I had the Chief.

Makes me wish I didn't miss those 2 days =(

TuRtLe
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71/96 in the contest. Next pick: Kirby > L-Block
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L-Block, you've screwed me for the last time !!
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on and that was 2nd in 3 days >_>

Sorry... I doubly screwed up since I didn't even notice that you were tied for third. I guess today's not a good day for me.
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Hahaha. Woooow. I really hope the average score for this match is 40 or lower... >_<

Yeah, scores are going to be so bad for this match! Love it :) Great result. Who here hasn't played Tetris for hours on end??

What was the highest prediction for L-Block here?
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Just when you thought this Contest couldn't get any stranger...

With a classic NES/GB era screenshot I would have given the Block a good chance at maybe 23-24%. But over 36, looking like a sponge, and without the name (Tetris) attached to the back? I'm so confused I need to lay down.

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Not enough love for the L from me, thought it'd get around 30, but went conservative in the mid 20's with my pick. Still looking at a score in the mid 40's though, so should do OK.

I know daniel2424 went with something over 28%. Don't know if that's the highest but it's probably one of the highest
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IHateThisCPU for first place? >_>
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Lol yeah, IhatethisCPU is gonna take 1st!!!!! o_________0

His prediction:

Kirby - 40.00%
L-Block - 35.00%
Laharl - 15.00%
Nathan Hale - 10.00%
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Holy crap that man is a psychic.

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