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Welcome to the second round of #BGE2020 pools!

Each game is randomly seeded into pools using the sequence 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... realistically in early 2021.

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!

NBA Jam: Tournament Edition is one of the very best arcade games ever made. I've been meaning to review the eponymous Boss Fight book for awhile. It's a good deep dive, and it made me appreciate the game even more. Just a masterful simplification of a sport into arcade madness. Boomshakalaka indeed.

1 vote for Earthworm Jim - great character

This pool is not dripping with games that I'm dying to support, but NBA Jam at least gets a nod of approval.

Gradius III was the bomb and easily got most of my votes. Also gave Out of This World some votes for coolness. I still need to beat that one...

I really need to play Bug Fables.