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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!

FFVIII, for being one of my favorite FF games, God of War, for being viscerally awesome, and Zillion, for being an outstanding space adventure game. Thanks again Pluvius for giving it more votes than just mine.

Sharecrow wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020 16:29 FFIII, for being one of my favorite FF games, God of War, for being viscerally awesome, and Zillion, for being an outstanding space adventure game. Thanks again Pluvius for giving it more votes than just mine.

FFVIII...

Kong Wen wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020 17:36

Sharecrow wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020 16:29 FFIII, for being one of my favorite FF games, God of War, for being viscerally awesome, and Zillion, for being an outstanding space adventure game. Thanks again Pluvius for giving it more votes than just mine.

FFVIII...

I fixed that lol

Sharecrow wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020 17:37

Kong Wen wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020 17:36

Sharecrow wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020 16:29 FFIII, for being one of my favorite FF games, God of War, for being viscerally awesome, and Zillion, for being an outstanding space adventure game. Thanks again Pluvius for giving it more votes than just mine.

FFVIII...

I fixed that lol

Oh good. I was worried because I know FFIII is in here somewhere too.

Kong Wen wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020 17:41

Sharecrow wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020 17:37

Kong Wen wrote: ↑15 Jun 2020 17:36

FFVIII...

I fixed that lol

Oh good. I was worried because I know FFIII is in here somewhere too.

My list is FFX > FFVIII > FFIII > FFVI > FFII > FF > FFXII > FFVII > FFXV > FFIV. I’m excluding FFIX, FFXI, and FFXIII (and FFXIV) due time never having played then yet

Full votes to Luigi U which I unabashedly think rules. A game full of short, tough levels with slippery high jump Luigi? Hell yes. Couple votes for the kinda bad MK4 since I loved it growing up. Similarly, The Sims gets a vote even though it's not really my thing any more. Played a bunch of it as a kid, and it was one of the few my sister and I both enjoyed.

Zillion is a game I'd like to play but haven't yet.

Claytone wrote: ↑18 Jun 2020 21:05 Zillion is a game I'd like to play but haven't yet.

It's pretty good. It's tough, though, as a heads up. At least it was for me. But once you get used to the obstacles and enemies, you can get much further in the game. It's got code terminals throughout and the codes are different every time you play (I think...) So you can memorize where to go and what to do, but you can't take shortcuts by passing on picking up the codes. I always thought of it as the SMS answer to Metroid. It was fun and interesting. And a good space adventure game. I never did get around to playing its sequel...

I split max votes between the excellent FFVIII and the excellent original God of War here. Great nostalgic memories with both of these heavyweights back in the day.