#BGE2020 - Round 1 - Pool 42

[This Old Neon]

Welcome to the first round of #BGE2020 pools!

Each game is randomly seeded into pools using the set generator at Random.org. There's no seeding, no ranking, and no preference or prioritization.

The results of the pools will determine how each game stacks up in the elimination rounds, coming later this year.

HOW TO VOTE

Voting is ranked, but it's not super intuitive, so listen up.

• You have 6 total votes to distribute.
• You can only select up to 3 options.
• You can only give each option up to 3 votes.
• NOTE: The number you pick is not the RANK of your choice (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd), but the number of VOTES you're giving it.
• The more votes (bigger numbers) a game gets, the better for that game.

EXAMPLES

• You could pick three games and order them by giving them 3, 2, and 1 votes.
• If you like three games equally, you could give them 2, 2, and 2 votes.
• If you only like two games, you could give them 3 and 3 votes (or 3 and 2, etc.).

This gives you a lot of granularity for how you assign your votes and thereby a lot of influence over which games can do well. Use your power wisely!

If you have questions, ask before voting!

[Sharecrow]

Celeste is one of the best games I’ve ever played so it gets full votes, hands down.

[Kong Wen]

Oh geez, this bracket is fucking stacked. I voted for Celeste, Baba (mind-blowing puzzle gamechanger), and Ouendan in that order, but anyone could make an equally strong case for the likes of Alan Wake, Baldur's Gate II, maybe Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and maybe Wario's Woods.

[The Shoemaker]

Definitely a stacked round. Celeste is top tier, Baba Is Good, and Mario vs. DK was a great puzzle platformer.

[Claytone]

Celeste gets my 3 without hesitation in a pretty good bracket (incl. my Game of 2019!). It's that good!

[evildevil97]

Baldur's Gate II is the best RPG ever made, and the fact that I don't play many RPGs doesn't make me extremely biased, I swear. It's a game near and dear to me.