Greatest Video Game Hero contest

**Azathoth** · 09-05-2009, 04:47

Well, I see you all support this, so I suppose there's no point.

**Veho Nex** · 09-05-2009, 06:00

Yeah... Down with GS since that crap, down with MC, up with the DRAGONS!

**Crazed Rabbit** · 09-05-2009, 06:52

Originally Posted by Azathoth

Well, I see you all support this, so I suppose there's no point.

Indeed. A quote from the site:

If they wanted MC to win, they shouldn't have put him up against BnB.

True that.

CR

**Beskar** · 09-05-2009, 08:08

Actually, I will be honest, I am glad they did do the pairings like that.

Imagine a tournament, where all the best were paired against eachother in the very beginning. So all the excellent people go out the game within a couple of rounds then you end up with the world cup finale of Brazil versus Wales.

**Azathoth** · 09-05-2009, 18:28

I still consider Gamespot to be a great source of news and reviews, even more so than IGN. But I'm not here to address your strange personal prejudices. I am here to announce the formation of Trolls Trolling Trolls (TTT).

This isn't about democracy or fairness anymore. This is about sticking it to 4chan! If we use their own tactics against them (proxies and fake emails) and spam votes for MC, then we can actually troll THEM!

Join the Crusade. Post anti-B&B spam in the relevant Gamespot chat and forums. Sign your posts with TTT. [I]Let them fear us![/I]

Wow, this venture failed pretty quickly. Gamespot has an army watching for talk of overt sabotage.

**Monk** · 09-05-2009, 21:11

Originally Posted by Beskar

Actually, I will be honest, I am glad they did do the pairings like that.

Imagine a tournament, where all the best were paired against eachother in the very beginning. So all the excellent people go out the game within a couple of rounds then you end up with the world cup finale of Brazil versus Wales.

I'm not sure I understand your analogy. As it stands it seriously comes off as Gamespot setting up characters to lose just to give more modern characters a free pass. If they wanted to do that they should have just cut 20 names from the list and had it much more localized instead of what it is now. Can you honestly tell me what Frogger is doing on a list like this other than to provide someone else with an easy win?

Truthfully though, it's not worth the effort to get wound up about mainly because of the source. Gamespot is the Fox News/MSNBC of the gaming industry, anything you see on their site needs to be taken with a grain of salt because of their very blatant bias.

**Azathoth** · 09-05-2009, 22:06

Gamespot is the Fox News/MSNBC of the gaming industry, anything you see on their site needs to be taken with a grain of salt because of their very blatant bias.

Which is?

**Monk** · 09-05-2009, 22:10

Originally Posted by Azathoth

Which is?

Firing an employee for giving a game a bad score isn't something that can be forgotten.

Originally Posted by Monk

Gamespot hasn't had credibility since the Kane and Lynch fiascal, and with stunts like this it isn't hard to see why they still don't.

**Azathoth** · 09-05-2009, 22:33

That is the only thing that anyone mentions. What else have they done?

I'm not sure I understand your analogy. As it stands it seriously comes off as Gamespot setting up characters to lose just to give more modern characters a free pass. If they wanted to do that they should have just cut 20 names from the list and had it much more localized instead of what it is now. Can you honestly tell me what Frogger is doing on a list like this other than to provide someone else with an easy win?

Funny, because if you look at the standings right now almost all the "modern" characters are being smashed. Marcus Fenix is losing to Duke Nukem, Phoenix Wright lost to Little Mac, Nathan Drake lost to Pikachu, Abe lost to Ryu, Nights lost to the Prince, Liu Kang lost to Yoshi (though they're technically both classic characters), Snake beat Crash Bandicoot, Alucard beat Travis Touchdown, Donkey Kong is beating Raziel, Lara Croft beat Parappa (though they are contemporaries), Link is beating Earthworm Jim (though the gap is closing because of 4chan), Fox McCloud is beating Jak and Daxter, Ryu Hayabusa is beating the Nameless One, Mega Man is beating Haggar, Samus is beating Jade, Frogger is beating Garrett, Sonic is beating Ryo "Sailors" Hazuki, and now Bub & Bob are beating Master Chief.

THE ONLY modern characters who have won or are winning so far are:

a. Ratchet and Clank
b. Kratos (won against a contemporary)
c. Gordon Freeman (he ******* deserves it)
d. Wander
e. Niko Bellic (won against a contemporary)
f. Kyle Katarn
g. Dante

I won't comment on Sackboy vs Bo Jackson (who are they?), Cloud vs Chester Laykin, or Pac-Man vs Kirby.

So what the heck are you talking about?

Hey, and just because you think Frogger isn't a hero doesn't mean nobody else does. He's even winning.