Bamboo 竹
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Wow Lyn might lose this round because of a last hour multiplier. Incredible.
Edit: top page... Errrr... GO TEAM IKE!
Edit: top page... Errrr... GO TEAM IKE!
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If team Lyn manages to generate 2 billion points in 2 hours. lol
Watch Camilla pull a multiplier out of her voluminous ass again.
ShinRPGamer
Member
I'd say yes but this fanbase has garbage tastes so who the hell knows.
SenorArdilla
Member
Multipliers almost screwed over Ike as well. Goodbye, 500 feathers.
randomusername
Member
Rip Lyn
Technoweirdo
Member
While I know what it's like to get blindsided by a last-second multiplier (See: Elise v. Sakura), I can't say I know what it's like to actually get screwed over by it.
My condolences, Team Lyn.
My condolences, Team Lyn.
Bamboo 竹
Member
OMG Lyn is dead. I can't... Why? The fanbase prefers big boob onee-san instead of a good character with development.
Team Lyn join us on team Ike next round and let's finnish these unworthy bastards.
Team Lyn join us on team Ike next round and let's finnish these unworthy bastards.
It's karma for Lucina being taken down.
Xist2inspire
Member
To be completely honest, a monthly popularity contest (with in-game rewards) just isn't a good idea for this particular fanbase, unless it's between not-very-popular units only. Yes, it could be structured better, but I'm starting to think it's flawed in concept much more than execution. I get why it's here, as a fun, leisurely counter to the grindfest of Tempest Trials and well...everything else, but it might be time to scrap it for something that serves the same purpose in a different way. What that could possibly be, I don't know.
Team Camilla btw.
Team Camilla btw.
SenorArdilla
Member
Team Camilla it is.
/looks at results
It me right now
I wanted feathers, and I guess I'll get the extra 500, but goddamn.
It me right now
I wanted feathers, and I guess I'll get the extra 500, but goddamn.
amodelmerol
Member
My waifu made a comeback. I am pleased... and also thank that monstrous multiplyer
This moment was more entertaining than all the other gauntlets combined.
Entertaining for all the wrong reasons. At least Chrom/Ephraim was fun.
I'm having fun reading reddit. People getting so worked over this meaningless feather gaining exercise is silly.
I decided to do Arena Assault with a really low BST team for the hell of it (three Level 1 2* Units [Virion, Donnel, and Narcian], and a Level 1 4* Chrom), and I got matched against the same person all 7 matches in beginner.
Some guy called Ryrytheking, who has a 2* level 1 Olivia, a 1* level 1 Felicia, and a 1 * level 1 Wrys.
Felt kinda bad, so I gave him a free defense win in the normal Arena.
Some guy called Ryrytheking, who has a 2* level 1 Olivia, a 1* level 1 Felicia, and a 1 * level 1 Wrys.
Felt kinda bad, so I gave him a free defense win in the normal Arena.
Sushen
Member
It was fun to me especially it's a payback from Lucina's lose to Lyn. Camilla now has a legit chance. I put down extra 150 flags to stay in top 1,000 which turned out not necessary.
To be honest there was no salvaging in it's original format.
At least with this change you have a potential of collusion making things interesting.
The way I would actually fix this is by allowing players to bet on the finalists, with the current system. So you get the real collusion to occur.
papasmurf1038
Neo Member
I am unreasonably upset that Lyn lost. I know it has no bearing on anything and I don't even really mind Camilla as a character, but Lyn deserved to win gosh darn it!
As someone who treats VG as a pure feather lottery, I guess I should be happy for my 500 luck prize. However, I suppose a meltdown hundreds of times in magnitude compared to the last Gaius upset will follow, and that might force IS to tweak the multiplier mechanism to address backlash from fans of more popular characters?
I don't know what they will do because that depends on what their goal is. If their goal is to make VG battles seemingly "close" but not actually overturning the popular vote, they can certainly scale back the multiplier from the current 3.2 ~ 7.5 range (with 0.1 increment) to something like a 1.35 ~ 3.5 range (with 0.05 increment, just an example though, not mathematically derived), but lower the disadvantage threshold from 0.9 to 0.95 so it happens more frequently. That way, you still make battles constantly "close" on surface, but the rubber band effect isn't as great to swing the lead; and even if it does, the stronger team has better chance (or in other words, needs shorter time) to come back in time.
Tbh, I feel for Team Lyn for such frustrating upset, for Lyn is the victim of the clearly flawed multiplier mechanism; Lyn's victory over Camilla is indeed robbed. However, if Team Lyn claimed they are robbed of a VG victory over Ike based on Lyn's stronger showing in the 2nd round, I will beg to defer. Lyn would have lost if she faced Ike in the 1st round (however little sense that makes for IS), according to their respective performance in the 1st round. Lyn overtook Ike in the 2nd round simply because she absorb more Lucina voters. Lyn might have been a victim of the multiplier, but she would have been a beneficiary of confluence if she did make to the final and beat Ike. Bracket arrangement does matter, splitting/confluence does have the ability to affect results, as shown evidently in the contrast between 1st and 2nd rounds.
I don't know what they will do because that depends on what their goal is. If their goal is to make VG battles seemingly "close" but not actually overturning the popular vote, they can certainly scale back the multiplier from the current 3.2 ~ 7.5 range (with 0.1 increment) to something like a 1.35 ~ 3.5 range (with 0.05 increment, just an example though, not mathematically derived), but lower the disadvantage threshold from 0.9 to 0.95 so it happens more frequently. That way, you still make battles constantly "close" on surface, but the rubber band effect isn't as great to swing the lead; and even if it does, the stronger team has better chance (or in other words, needs shorter time) to come back in time.
Tbh, I feel for Team Lyn for such frustrating upset, for Lyn is the victim of the clearly flawed multiplier mechanism; Lyn's victory over Camilla is indeed robbed. However, if Team Lyn claimed they are robbed of a VG victory over Ike based on Lyn's stronger showing in the 2nd round, I will beg to defer. Lyn would have lost if she faced Ike in the 1st round (however little sense that makes for IS), according to their respective performance in the 1st round. Lyn overtook Ike in the 2nd round simply because she absorb more Lucina voters. Lyn might have been a victim of the multiplier, but she would have been a beneficiary of confluence if she did make to the final and beat Ike. Bracket arrangement does matter, splitting/confluence does have the ability to affect results, as shown evidently in the contrast between 1st and 2nd rounds.
CrackPebbles
Member
I think I enjoy these meltdowns over teams losing too much. People take it so personally lol.
ShinRPGamer
Member
The final outcome of Lyn V Camilla in a nutshell.
Between Lyn getting robbed and dealing with some asshole Cowmilla fanboys thinking their hot shit because they won solely due to multiplier fuckery, I'm done giving any kind of fucks about the voting gauntlet. I'm burning my flags with Ike as soon as possible and washing my hands of this shit.
Between Lyn getting robbed and dealing with some asshole Cowmilla fanboys thinking their hot shit because they won solely due to multiplier fuckery, I'm done giving any kind of fucks about the voting gauntlet. I'm burning my flags with Ike as soon as possible and washing my hands of this shit.
theprodigy
Member
my fix is giving everyone 12k free feathers instead
bam I found the solution that satisfies everyone
dreamlongdead
Member
Wow, I really didn't expect to win. I choose Camilla in Round 2, because I had a spare copy at level 1.
Lyn is the only Hero I don't own out of all eight contestants, so I had zero plans to choose her. I fully expected to switch over to Ike, but I can just use my level 1 Camilla for more easy wins.
I got 2100 points from Team Roy, 2600 from Team Camilla, and I'm the 3000s overall. This has been a surprisingly lucrative gauntlet.
Lyn is the only Hero I don't own out of all eight contestants, so I had zero plans to choose her. I fully expected to switch over to Ike, but I can just use my level 1 Camilla for more easy wins.
I got 2100 points from Team Roy, 2600 from Team Camilla, and I'm the 3000s overall. This has been a surprisingly lucrative gauntlet.
I mean you want players that play the most to collude to add intrigue.
theprodigy
Member
if IS was really about that life they would've made flags buyable
BuckRobotron
Member
Eh, I only had Tharja and Camilla out of this bunch so just went with them. Despite Camilla Army victory this time I still made more off Tharja by being around for more multipliers/higher rank (2500 v 1700+500).
Don't give them ideas.
I think going the splatfest route of weighing in win-loss ratios might make it more interesting.
Technoweirdo
Member
Next gauntlet:
Alfonse vs. Tobin vs. Odin vs. Henry vs. Oboro vs. Rebecca vs. Gwendolyn vs. Serra.
No more obvious picks, no more upset potential. I'm a genius.
Alfonse vs. Tobin vs. Odin vs. Henry vs. Oboro vs. Rebecca vs. Gwendolyn vs. Serra.
No more obvious picks, no more upset potential. I'm a genius.