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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!

I cast both of my votes for the Zenithian DQ entries. Both outstanding games. I like 6 more than 4 for reasons already described previously (lack of direction, inciting hopeless wandering). But in all honesty 4 is a better game than 6.

Main votes for Dragon Quest IV, second vote for DOOM for somehow capturing the spirit of the original in a modern remake, and tossed a vote to Kirby for the cute aesthetic that they actually married to function.

Yeah DOOM 2016 was fantastic, and I expect Eternal to top it. DQ IV on the DS/smartphone is the ideal version of that game.

Only voted for Kirby. Epic Yarn is one of the best in the series, and its arcade-y "go for the highscore" gameplay fit beautifully. If going for everything, it has a decent challenge. I mark it higher than Super Star, as far as Kirby goes.