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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!

FF XII Revenant Wongs was a pretty unique game on the DS. Pretty much a RTS lite.

ALBW is one of the better Zelda's, held back by using the ALTTP world.

The Shoemaker wrote: ↑06 Jan 2020 16:53 FF XII Revenant Wongs was a pretty unique game on the DS. Pretty much a RTS lite.

ALBW is one of the better Zelda's, held back by using the ALTTP world.

I considered a vote for Revenant Wangs just because it takes place in one of my fave FF settings. I agree with the criticism of ALBW, not necessarily because there's anything wrong with the ALTTP world (or the idea of reusing it), but just because it made the game feel a little tired a bit more quickly.

How did a mainline handheld zelda title not get a free pass into later rounds? Feels odd having it here. Not that it matters it'll cruise through.

SkyPikachu wrote: ↑07 Jan 2020 16:39 How did a mainline handheld zelda title not get a free pass into later rounds? Feels odd having it here. Not that it matters it'll cruise through.

No free passes! If you read the main Announcement topic, every single game that has ever been nominated for one of these events in the past decade will appear in this round of pools.

Kong Wen wrote: ↑07 Jan 2020 16:41

SkyPikachu wrote: ↑07 Jan 2020 16:39 How did a mainline handheld zelda title not get a free pass into later rounds? Feels odd having it here. Not that it matters it'll cruise through.

No free passes! If you read the main Announcement topic, every single game that has ever been nominated for one of these events in the past decade will appear in this round of pools.

Ah okay so more games are to be added before eliminations start.

SkyPikachu wrote: ↑07 Jan 2020 16:43

Kong Wen wrote: ↑07 Jan 2020 16:41

SkyPikachu wrote: ↑07 Jan 2020 16:39 How did a mainline handheld zelda title not get a free pass into later rounds? Feels odd having it here. Not that it matters it'll cruise through.

No free passes! If you read the main Announcement topic, every single game that has ever been nominated for one of these events in the past decade will appear in this round of pools.

Ah okay so more games are to be added before eliminations start.

There are around 2500 games in so far.

Haven't played any of these, but I'm pretty sure I would love Wild Arms, so I tossed it a single vote.