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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!

Wow, this is quite a stacked bracket. I had to give max votes to one of the best Metcastlevania/brawler hybrids of all time in Batman Arkham Asylum, and a quite engaging revival of the classic Deus Ex series in Human Revolution. I enjoyed the story and gameplay of both games, to the extent that I had to snub Microsoft's Skyrim and the merely competent but cute platformer Yoshi Sackboy Game. And the actually awesome Star Parodier. Damn.

Arkham Asylum is fantastic, I hate that I got stuck trying to beat it in hard mode. Oh well. Great game. I gave Star Parodier a couple votes too. Love shooters.