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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!

Paper Mario Origami King was a nice surprise for me. Very enjoyable game.

Fall Guys is a revelation, and is getting well-deserved attention. It's the only Battle Royale-style game I really enjoy, because the stakes are so low and it's stripped down to just pure fun. You can hop in with a group of friends and cheer each other on, and if you get eliminated, you're only looking at another few seconds before you can hop into another match. Even your repeated failures don't feel frustrating because you haven't really wasted any time—a complete championship run only lasts a few minutes. The bumbling bean characters crash into each other, trip and fall over everything, and are generally cute, so seeing yourself get catapulted off the course just ends up being entertaining. So far it seems like there are a lot of customization options and they've already added new games, so that's good for longevity.

Genghis Khan is a Koei historical strategy game on SNES, so yeah

Sly 2 was the best in the series. Origami King might have recency bias, as I'm currently playing through it, but it's fun so far so I threw a few votes its way.