#BGE2020 - Round 1 - Pool 176

[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!

[Kong Wen]

ExciteBike is a great example of an early-era map editor.

[Sharecrow]

I gave World of Xeen full votes for being a quality classic old school Might and Magic game. I played it when it was pretty old and it grabbed me much more than I expected it to. I also gave Flower some votes with mixed feelings about it.

[Claytone]

Boy no disrespect intended to those that voted for it, but Pokémon Snap is dumb as hell. I enjoyed it when I was like 6 but cannot imagine playing it today.

Anyway ExciteBike is a classic, but Garou was a favorite at my fraternity in college, so it gets my 3. Great fighter I was never any good at.

[SkyPikachu]

Boy no disrespect intended to those that voted for it, but Pokémon Snap is dumb as hell. I enjoyed it when I was like 6 but cannot imagine playing it today.

Anyway ExciteBike is a classic, but Garou was a favorite at my fraternity in college, so it gets my 3. Great fighter I was never any good at.

To be blunt I don't understand why people even liked it in the 90s. It's such a dull boring short game that's only selling point is the pokemon name brand.