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Nothing & Everything => Drafts => Topic started by: charlie on January 13, 2011, 04:37:15 PM
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The Goal: Pick the best assortment of Video Games to have with you on a deserted island for the rest of your life.
How this works
We go in turns one at a time picking video games to be on our list. You can't take a game that has already been selected. When we're done we compare lists and everybody votes on which they like best. The fun is in seeing what interests the other pickers, and trying to pick people you want on your list before somebody else takes them.
We're picking anything that resembles a video game, including computer games, handheld games, flash games, etc. You can assume that you have any hardware you need on your island to play the games of your choosing, and that you can connect to the internet to play multiplayer against other people as well. The official rules (http://www.entropysink.com/forums/index.php?topic=10221.msg111232#msg111232) can be found below, please pay special attention to the section on how to tell whether the game you like can no longer be selected because of a previous related selection (e.g. are Smurf Rescue and Smurf Rescue 2 the same?).
Draft Order
- govtcheez
- kermi3
- KnuckleBuckett
- ethic
- Jake
- charlie
- Perspective
- JaWiB
- PJYelton
- ober
Draft results by round (http://www.entropysink.com/forums/index.php?topic=10221.msg111233#msg111233)
Draft results by person (http://www.entropysink.com/forums/index.php?topic=10221.msg111234#msg111234)
I encourage anybody with even a little bit of interest to participate. The more people there are, the more fun it is. If you're worried about any of the details I'll help you through it. Just give it a go!
Who's in?
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You don't have to read all this, but if you have a specific question about how this thing works, look here...
Official Rules (Important rules in red. (Knuck, don't fall asleep, focus on the red.))
Participation
- All participants will declare their desire to participate by saying so explicitly in a comment in this thread.
- Anybody who asks to join the draft after it has begun can do so but must wait at least one full round before they can start choosing. Please feel free to join if we have just started but you havn't signed up yet. The more the merrier.
Selection Rules
- The premise is that you're alone on a deserted island but with plenty of food and drink as well as access to any and every electronic gaming system, computer or other hardware you might need to play video games of your choosing and get maximum enjoyment from them.
- You can pick any electronic game made for any computer or gaming system or self-sustaining electronic device. That means everything from minesweeper on windows to centipede in an arcade. This does not include games like pinball that used some electronics but also use physical pieces.
- Once a specific video game is selected, nobody else can pick that game. Moreso than with the other drafts we've had, what exactly makes a video game unique is hard to define, so I'll try to set some ground rules. See below.
- Please PM me if you have a specific question about whether a game is eligible.
- Posting an image and a link to mobygames.com or wikipedia or any other site with information about the video game would be helpful (but is not required). The more information you post, including why you made your pick, the more interesting the draft is. Please post at least enough information to clearly identify which video game you are talking about.
Draft Specifics
- The draft order will be determined by random draw via http://www.randomizer.org/form.htm. I promise I won't cheat.
- The draft will be a snake draft, meaning that whoever has the last pick in one round will have the first pick in the next. For example, if we have six people they will pick like this: 1-2-3-4-5-6-6-5-4-3-2-1-1-2-3...
- There will be 8 rounds, meaning everybody gets 8 picks. This is open for discussion.
- Each person will have 24 hours to make their pick. However, Saturday and Sunday don't count (although you can still pick on the weekends if it is your turn). The 24 hours starts after the previous person's pick or after the previous person's 24 hours expires (whichever comes first).
- Simply posting the name of your selection in this thread is enough to count it as being selected.
- If your turn is approaching and you know you will be away from the internet, you can PM your selection to me or the person scheduled to pick after you. You can also simply announce that you will be away and that your 24 hours can be skipped as a courtesy.
- If your turn has been skipped, you may at any time make your pick for that turn. However, you cannot pick a game that has already been selected after your turn was skipped. If somebody else picked your video game then you're out of luck.
Judging
- When the draft is complete, we will have a tournament style playoff of all lists. All ES members will be allowed to vote in each round of the playoffs.
- The draft participants will be seeded according to another run of the randomizer that created the draft order. Some people will likely end up with a bye in the first round based simply on the luck of the draw.
- You will have until a few days after the draft to make up any missed picks. Anybody with more missed selections than actual selections will not be eligible for the tournament.
What makes two video games the same?
If the video game you want is "the same" as a video game already taken, it is ineligible. These rules govern what makes two video games the same or different.
- If the two games have the same storyline, characters and game play, but were made for different platforms, they are considered the same. (Example: Angry Birds for the iPhone and Angry Birds for the PC are the same.)
- If the two games have the same general storyline, characters and game play, but are updated each year with new "rosters" or minor tweaks, then they are the same game. (Example, Madden NFL 08 and Madden NFL 09 are the same.)
- If a new version of a game is released that is largely made up of new essential features that dramatically change the experience, then the new version is different than the old version. (Example, Warcraft 2 is different than Warcraft).
- Further rules and clarifications will be added as people chime in. I'm not a video game expert, so if anybody can think of a particular potential problem, please bring it up before it gets picked, either in the thread or by PM if you're afraid of announcing your ideas.
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Round 1
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1036635022-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/super-mario-bros-3) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1824072884.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-civilization-ii) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/959981997-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/total-annihilation) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1276790543-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/wii/super-mario-galaxy-2) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1036637004-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/tetris______)
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/960867055-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/starcraft) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/986860039-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/972911633-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_%28video_game%29) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1034378835-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_Ii) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1165091281-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_%28video_game%29)
- govtcheez: Super Mario Bros 3 (http://www.mobygames.com/game/super-mario-bros-3)
- kermi3: Civilization II (http://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-civilization-ii)
- KnuckleBuckett: Total Annihilation (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/total-annihilation)
- ethic: Super Mario Galaxy 2 (http://www.mobygames.com/game/wii/super-mario-galaxy-2)
- Jake: Tetris (http://www.mobygames.com/game/tetris______)
- charlie: StarCraft (http://www.mobygames.com/game/starcraft)
- Perspective: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (http://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time)
- JaWiB: Doom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_%28video_game%29)
- PJYelton: Street Fighter II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_Ii)
- ober: Half-Life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_%28video_game%29)
Round 2
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1164593486-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_2) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1266776080-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_2) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1033208935-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1278296220-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/986859313-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenEye_007)
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1023139157-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1075043907-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III_Arena) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Madden10_Xbox360.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL_10) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1231571842-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Fortress_2) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1062010375-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Kart)
- ober: Battlefield 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_2)
- PJYelton: Fallout 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_2)
- JaWiB: Super Mario Bros. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.)
- Perspective: Wolfenstein 3D (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D)
- charlie: GoldenEye 007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenEye_007)
- Jake: Grand Theft Auto III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III)
- ethic: Quake III Arena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III_Arena)
- KnuckleBuckett: Madden NFL 10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL_10)
- kermi3: Team Fortress 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Fortress_2)
- govtcheez: Super Mario Kart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Kart)
Round 3
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1209887707-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_theft_auto_iv) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1143232181-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1166663852-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_3) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Ffviibox.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Call_of_Duty_4_Modern_Warfare.jpg/250px-Call_of_Duty_4_Modern_Warfare.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Modern_Warfare)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Legend_of_zelda_cover_%28with_cartridge%29_gold.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_%28video_game%29) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/SimCity_2000_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_2000) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/MystCover.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/MorrowindCOVER.jpg/256px-MorrowindCOVER.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrowind) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a6/NFS_III_Hot_Pursuit_%28PC%2C_US%29_cover_art.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_III:_Hot_Pursuit)
- govtcheez: Grand Theft Auto IV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_theft_auto_iv)
- kermi3: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion)
- KnuckleBuckett: MechWarrior 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_3)
- ethic: Final Fantasy VII (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII)
- Jake: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Modern_Warfare)
- charlie: The Legend of Zelda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_%28video_game%29)
- Perspective: SimCity 2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_2000)
- JaWiB: Myst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst)
- PJYelton: Morrowind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrowind)
- ober: Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_III:_Hot_Pursuit)
Round 4
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Halobox.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Portal_standalonebox.jpg/256px-Portal_standalonebox.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_%28video_game%29) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Cncra-win-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Counter-Strike_Box.jpg/250px-Counter-Strike_Box.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/GranTurismo2.jpg/252px-GranTurismo2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_2)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/FIFA_09.jpg/255px-FIFA_09.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_09) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1241429599-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:_UFO_Defense) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Bioshockcoverfinalcropped.jpg/256px-Bioshockcoverfinalcropped.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/NHL_11_Jonathan_Toews_cover.jpg/200px-NHL_11_Jonathan_Toews_cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_11) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Nbajam.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Jam)
- ober: Halo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved)
- PJYelton: Portal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_%28video_game%29)
- JaWiB: Red Alert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert)
- Perspective: Counter-Strike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike)
- charlie: Gran Turismo 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_2)
- Jake: FIFA 09 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_09)
- ethic: X-COM: UFO Defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:_UFO_Defense)
- KnuckleBuckett: BioShock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock)
- kermi3: NHL 11 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_11)
- govtcheez: NBA Jam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Jam)
Round 5
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Fallout_New_Vegas.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Companyofheroes_pcboxboxart_160w.jpg/256px-Companyofheroes_pcboxboxart_160w.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_of_Heroes) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Cncra2-win-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_2) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Wa-win-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_Armageddon) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/Worms2-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_2)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_3_Coverart.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_3) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Diablo_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_%28video_game%29) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/DKRboxart.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Warcraft-2-Tides-Of-Darkness-Pc.jpg/250px-Warcraft-2-Tides-Of-Darkness-Pc.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_II) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Unrealtournament.jpg/250px-Unrealtournament.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament)
- govtcheez: Fallout: New Vegas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas)
- kermi3: Company of Heroes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_of_Heroes)
- KnuckleBuckett: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_2)
- ethic: Worms Armageddon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_Armageddon)
- Jake: Worms 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_2)
- charlie: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_3)
- Perspective: Diablo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_%28video_game%29)
- JaWiB: Diddy Kong Racing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing)
- PJYelton: Warcraft II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_II)
- ober: Unreal Tournament (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament)
Round 6
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Mlb2k10.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_2K10) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1293604588-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_%28NES%29) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Duke_Nukem_Forever_Box_art.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_forever) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Nfsu-win-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Wu-Tang_-_Shaolin_Style_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang:_Shaolin_Style)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Baldur%27s_Gate_II_-_Shadows_of_Amn_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_II:_Shadows_of_Amn) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/WoW_Box_Art1.jpg/256px-WoW_Box_Art1.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/Diablo_II_Coverart.png/250px-Diablo_II_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_II) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/Crysis_Cover.jpg/250px-Crysis_Cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Swtiefightercd.jpg/256px-Swtiefightercd.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_TIE_Fighter)
- ober: MLB 2K10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_2K10)
- PJYelton: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_%28NES%29)
- JaWiB: Duke Nukem Forever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_forever)
- Perspective: Need for Speed: Underground (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground)
- charlie: Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang:_Shaolin_Style)
- Jake: Baldur's Gate II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_II:_Shadows_of_Amn)
- ethic: World of Warcraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft)
- KnuckleBuckett: Diablo II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_II)
- kermi3: Crysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis)
- govtcheez: TIE Fighter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_TIE_Fighter)
Round 7
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Dxcover.jpg/250px-Dxcover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_%28video_game%29) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/MechWarrior_4_-_Vengeance_Coverart.png/250px-MechWarrior_4_-_Vengeance_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_4:_Vengeance) (http://www.entropysink.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10248.0;attach=5301;image) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Origins) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/StarsiegeTribesBox.jpg/256px-StarsiegeTribesBox.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsiege:_Tribes) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Angry_Birds_promo_cover.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds)
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/979957577-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Puzzle_Fighter_II_Turbo) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Resident_Evil_2.jpg/250px-Resident_Evil_2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_2) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Halo2-cover.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_2) (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1293600227-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Football_11) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Hitman_2_artwork.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_2:_Silent_Assassin)
- govtcheez: Deus Ex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_%28video_game%29)
- kermi3: MechWarrior 4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_4:_Vengeance)
- KnuckleBuckett: Dragon Age: Origins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Origins)
- ethic: Starsiege: Tribes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsiege:_Tribes)
- Jake: Angry Birds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds)
- charlie: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Puzzle_Fighter_II_Turbo)
- Perspective: Resident Evil 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_2)
- JaWiB: Halo 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_2)
- PJYelton: NCAA Football 11 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Football_11)
- ober: Hitman 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_2:_Silent_Assassin)
Round 8
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Need_for_Speed_-_Porsche_Unleashed_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Porsche_Unleashed) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a7/Red_Dead_Redemption.jpg/256px-Red_Dead_Redemption.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dead_Redemption) (http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2003/all/boxshots2/587565_39739.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_%27n_Dale_Rescue_Rangers_%28video_game%29) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/River_City_Ransom-front.jpg/250px-River_City_Ransom-front.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_City_Ransom) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Madden_NFL_2002_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL_2002)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Mortal_Kombat_II.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_II) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Age_of_Empires_II_-_The_Age_of_Kings_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_II:_The_Age_of_Kings) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/MassEffect2_cover.PNG) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect_2) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Call_of_Duty_2_Box.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_2) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Peggle_Steam.jpg/250px-Peggle_Steam.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggle)
- ober: Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Porsche_Unleashed)
- PJYelton: Red Dead Redemption (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dead_Redemption)
- JaWiB: Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_%27n_Dale_Rescue_Rangers_%28video_game%29)
- Perspective: River City Ransom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_City_Ransom)
- charlie: Madden NFL 2002 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL_2002)
- Jake: Mortal Kombat II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_II)
- ethic: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_II:_The_Age_of_Kings)
- KnuckleBuckett: Mass Effect 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect_2)
- kermi3: Call of Duty 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_2)
- govtcheez: Peggle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggle)
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govtcheez
- Super Mario Bros 3
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1036635022-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/super-mario-bros-3)
- Super Mario Kart
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1062010375-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Kart)
- Grand Theft Auto IV
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1209887707-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_theft_auto_iv)
- NBA Jam
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Nbajam.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Jam)
- Fallout: New Vegas
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Fallout_New_Vegas.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas)
- TIE Fighter
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Swtiefightercd.jpg/256px-Swtiefightercd.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_TIE_Fighter)
- Deus Ex
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Dxcover.jpg/250px-Dxcover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_%28video_game%29)
- Peggle
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Peggle_Steam.jpg/250px-Peggle_Steam.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggle)
kermi3
- Civilization II
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1824072884.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-civilization-ii)
- Team Fortress 2
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1231571842-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Fortress_2)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1143232181-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion)
- NHL 11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/NHL_11_Jonathan_Toews_cover.jpg/200px-NHL_11_Jonathan_Toews_cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_11)
- Company of Heroes
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Companyofheroes_pcboxboxart_160w.jpg/256px-Companyofheroes_pcboxboxart_160w.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_of_Heroes)
- Crysis
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/Crysis_Cover.jpg/250px-Crysis_Cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis)
- MechWarrior 4
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/MechWarrior_4_-_Vengeance_Coverart.png/250px-MechWarrior_4_-_Vengeance_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_4:_Vengeance)
- Call of Duty 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Call_of_Duty_2_Box.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_2)
KnuckleBuckett
- Total Annihilation
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/959981997-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/total-annihilation)
- Madden NFL 10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Madden10_Xbox360.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL_10)
- MechWarrior 3
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1166663852-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_3)
- BioShock
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Bioshockcoverfinalcropped.jpg/256px-Bioshockcoverfinalcropped.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock)
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Cncra2-win-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_2)
- Diablo II
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/Diablo_II_Coverart.png/250px-Diablo_II_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_II)
- Dragon Age: Origins
(http://www.entropysink.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10248.0;attach=5301;image) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Origins)
- Mass Effect 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/MassEffect2_cover.PNG) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect_2)
ethic
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1276790543-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/wii/super-mario-galaxy-2)
- Quake III Arena
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1075043907-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III_Arena)
Final Fantasy VII (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII)
Xenogears
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Xenogears_box.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenogears)
- X-COM: UFO Defense
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1241429599-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:_UFO_Defense)
- Worms Armageddon
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Wa-win-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_Armageddon)
- World of Warcraft
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/WoW_Box_Art1.jpg/256px-WoW_Box_Art1.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft)
- Starsiege: Tribes
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/StarsiegeTribesBox.jpg/256px-StarsiegeTribesBox.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsiege:_Tribes)
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Age_of_Empires_II_-_The_Age_of_Kings_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_II:_The_Age_of_Kings)
Jake
- Tetris
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1036637004-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris)
- Grand Theft Auto III
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1023139157-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Call_of_Duty_4_Modern_Warfare.jpg/250px-Call_of_Duty_4_Modern_Warfare.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Modern_Warfare)
- FIFA 09
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/FIFA_09.jpg/255px-FIFA_09.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_09)
- Worms 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/Worms2-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_2)
- Baldur's Gate II
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Baldur%27s_Gate_II_-_Shadows_of_Amn_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_II:_Shadows_of_Amn)
- Angry Birds
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Angry_Birds_promo_cover.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds)
- Mortal Kombat II
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Mortal_Kombat_II.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_II)
charlie
- StarCraft
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/960867055-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/starcraft)
- GoldenEye 007
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/986859313-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenEye_007)
- The Legend of Zelda
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Legend_of_zelda_cover_%28with_cartridge%29_gold.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_%28video_game%29)
- Gran Turismo 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/GranTurismo2.jpg/252px-GranTurismo2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_2)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_3_Coverart.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_3)
- Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Wu-Tang_-_Shaolin_Style_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang:_Shaolin_Style)
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/979957577-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Puzzle_Fighter_II_Turbo)
- Madden NFL 2002
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Madden_NFL_2002_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL_2002)
Perspective
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/986860039-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time)
- Wolfenstein 3D
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1278296220-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D)
- SimCity 2000
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/SimCity_2000_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_2000)
- Counter-Strike
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Counter-Strike_Box.jpg/250px-Counter-Strike_Box.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike)
- Diablo
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Diablo_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_%28video_game%29)
- Need for Speed: Underground
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Nfsu-win-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground)
- Resident Evil 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Resident_Evil_2.jpg/250px-Resident_Evil_2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_2)
- River City Ransom
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/River_City_Ransom-front.jpg/250px-River_City_Ransom-front.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_City_Ransom)
JaWiB
- Doom
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/972911633-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_%28video_game%29)
- Super Mario Bros.
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1033208935-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.)
- Myst
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/MystCover.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst)
- Red Alert
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Cncra-win-cover.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert)
- Diddy Kong Racing
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/DKRboxart.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing)
- Duke Nukem Forever
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Duke_Nukem_Forever_Box_art.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_forever)
- Halo 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Halo2-cover.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_2)
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
(http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2003/all/boxshots2/587565_39739.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_%27n_Dale_Rescue_Rangers_%28video_game%29)
PJYelton
- Street Fighter II
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1034378835-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_Ii)
- Fallout 2
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1266776080-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_2)
- Morrowind
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/MorrowindCOVER.jpg/256px-MorrowindCOVER.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrowind)
- Portal
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Portal_standalonebox.jpg/256px-Portal_standalonebox.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_%28video_game%29)
- Warcraft II
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Warcraft-2-Tides-Of-Darkness-Pc.jpg/250px-Warcraft-2-Tides-Of-Darkness-Pc.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_II)
- Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1293604588-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_%28NES%29)
- NCAA Football 11
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1293600227-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Football_11)
- Red Dead Redemption
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a7/Red_Dead_Redemption.jpg/256px-Red_Dead_Redemption.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dead_Redemption)
ober
- Half-Life
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1165091281-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_%28video_game%29)
- Battlefield 2
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/1164593486-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_2)
- Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a6/NFS_III_Hot_Pursuit_%28PC%2C_US%29_cover_art.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_III:_Hot_Pursuit)
- Halo
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Halobox.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved)
- Unreal Tournament
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Unrealtournament.jpg/250px-Unrealtournament.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament)
- MLB 2K10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Mlb2k10.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_2K10)
- Hitman 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Hitman_2_artwork.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_2:_Silent_Assassin)
- Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Need_for_Speed_-_Porsche_Unleashed_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Porsche_Unleashed)
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how many do i have to pick
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how many do i have to pick
It's a snake draft and it's set for 12 rounds, although that can be changed if people think it's too many or too few.
It's a draft, though, so you don't just get to pick what you want if somebody else has taken it already.
P.S. :woot:
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I will offer my 3rd and 4th rounders for the first overall
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I'm in, but I think we should reduce it to 6 rounds depending on how many people are in.
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okiminthnxbye
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yah, I'm in. But I'll be slow with my responses :(
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Wait...Ober?
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Ober games? How current do these need to be? ;)
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Um, sure, why not.
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Ober games? How current do these need to be? ;)
I have games from 2010. :p (Ok so 'gameS' probably isn't accurate. I have a game from 2010).
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Screw it count me in.
Gov and ethic have to have somebody to crap on! Oh and yell at me when it is my turn. I suck at keeping that stuff straight.
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Lets go....
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> Gov and ethic have to have somebody to crap on!
it's not my fault i have better taste in games than you
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I have no idea how to play but I'm going to own you all
:woot: (P.S. If you'd like a "quick" synopsis of how to play, read the red parts in the second post or just tell me to explain it quickly in a new one.)
yah, I'm in. But I'll be slow with my responses :(
No worries at all. Just post them when you can.
Ober games? How current do these need to be? ;)
:D Not to tip my hand, but 90% of the games I'm considering picking were from before this millennium.
Oh and yell at me when it is my turn. I suck at keeping that stuff straight.
:woot: No worries, I can send you a PM when I see it's your turn to hopefully make it clearer.
Same goes for anybody else who would like that service. Since we're getting a nice turnout, it might get a wee bit confusing. If you're not sure just ask.
And of course, we have some newbies who haven't done this before, so if you have questions on the structure just ask.
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Suweet...
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Coolio, we have interest. Today is Friday and I won't be online much this weekend, so we'll probably start Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.
If anybody has input on how to distinguish between similar games I'd love to hear it. Should Madded NFL 08 and Madden NFL 09 be separate games? What about Starcraft and Starcraft: Brood War?
Also, ober, I think we can decrease this to 8 or 10 rounds, especially since we have at least 9 participants. Anybody else have a preference?
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Brood War is an expansion for Starcraft, so I don't think that should count. Madden 08 and 09 are basically the same game, but I wouldn't consider Madden 97 and 11 the same game.
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10...
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Brood War is an expansion for Starcraft, so I don't think that should count. Madden 08 and 09 are basically the same game, but I wouldn't consider Madden 97 and 11 the same game.
That's what I was thinking, too. Can you think of a hard and fast rule that's easy to describe to distinguish between the Maddens?
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Maybe more than 4 years apart unless there's a definite leap between a couple?
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Yeah, I guess something like that's not a bad idea. I wish I knew more about the games so I could judge better what a "leap" is, but we can figure it out.
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Generally it's only when they make the move from one generation of a console to the next.
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That would be a good way to break things up.
P.S. Anybody else click on the "new post" button and have it direct you to the rules or placeholder posts at the top whenever I edit the one above? That's annoying, the board wasn't doing that before.
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I would push for 8 rounds personally.
As far as rules between versions, I think it's going to vary by genre. Games that are 'yearly' probably should follow the '4 year' rule, roughly. But other games like Battlefield 1 and Battlefield 2 are COMPLETELY different, as are most of the COD games.
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That seems accurate to me
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Yeah, sequels are definitely different. I'm think for yearly releases, a switch to new generation of console will be considered a separate game. Also, if people can demonstrate that a specific major change was made between releases on the same console, then that would count, too.
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Well, you have to consider that generations of platforms may not always be a deciding factor. I only play Madden on the PC but I could argue levels of changes between specific versions.
I guess what I'm saying is that we should cross that road when we get there.
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Do they even make Madden for PC anymore? I thought they stopped doing that when they stopped releasing the last-gen version
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Well, you have to consider that generations of platforms may not always be a deciding factor. I only play Madden on the PC but I could argue levels of changes between specific versions.
Hmm... that's a good point.
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I wouldn't worry too much about it since as far as I can tell only sports games are problematic. Basically I would say expansion pack is the same game, sequels are different games, and sports games you go with franchises so you can simply say Madden football.
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I assume then taht we're going cross platform then?
PJ's idea sounds good...
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Ooh I'm in!
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or even electricity
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DARPA?
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I assume then taht we're going cross platform then?
Yup. Any platform is fine. Note that if a game is released on several platforms and somebody takes it on one, then you cannot take it on another. Tetris for Gameboy and Tetris for NES are "the same" for this draft.
wait. do online mp games count? how can there
be intenret on a desert island?
Online multiplayer games count. Deserted just means there are no people there, not that it's all sand. You have your favorite computer setup and super fast internet (unless you don't want super fast internet because it will make it harder to play with other people). Basically, assume you have the optimal setup for each game you pick.
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In fact, don't get hung up on the deserted island thing. That's just a gimmick. If you like a game because it's fun to invite a couple of friends over to play with, then draft that game.
By the way, if anybody wants to chime in on 8 or 10 rounds, feel free. If we get more people I'll make it 8, but as of now we have 10 players so let me know if you'd like 8 or 10 rounds. I don't want to go down to 6 and 12 is too many, and it should be even to be fair.
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I vote 8. 10 takes forever, and we'll run out of game...
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I can slide back to 8.
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8 is good
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Ok. Done!
And we have 10 people, so I think I'll start this tomorrow. :thumbsup:
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Do they even make Madden for PC anymore? I thought they stopped doing that when they stopped releasing the last-gen version
Yeah... they never stopped.
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I don't think they do...you can still buy older versions, but I thought they quit porting it...
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Yeah the last PC Madden was 08. They actually kept it on the regular XBox later than they did on PC
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Nooooooooooooo! Fuck... guess I'll have to buy it for Wii. :( They're going to end up forcing me to buy an Xbox or a PS3.
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Get a 360, it rules
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I tried the Wii version last year - it sucked. The machine is just too underpowered...my friend actually returned the wii version, bought a ps3, and got it for that....it was that bad
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Yeah, I was worried about that. Oh well, I'll just keep playing with 08 then. I just wish there was a hack to get rid of the salary cap in the PC version. I'm going to lose Roethlisberger if I don't do something else drastic to my team. :(
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Add a men's room stocked with 18 year old women. Roeth is a shoe-in. Problem solved.
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The Wii versions of any of the sport games are going more in the direction of easy-family play. You need a 360 or PS3, the Wii game selection has really dropped as of late, it seems like they are averaging only one or two decent titles a year.
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Ok, let's go!
Draft Order
- govtcheez
- kermi3
- KnuckleBuckett
- ethic
- Jake
- charlie
- Perspective
- JaWiB
- PJYelton
- ober
Draft results by round (http://www.entropysink.com/forums/index.php?topic=10221.msg111233#msg111233)
Draft results by person (http://www.entropysink.com/forums/index.php?topic=10221.msg111234#msg111234)
Official rules (http://www.entropysink.com/forums/index.php?topic=10221.msg111232#msg111232)
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That means govtcheez, you have the first pick. You have 24 hours to make the pick before it's kermi's turn.
Go!
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Super Mario 3
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Wow, didn't see that coming. :thumbsup:
kermi, you're up!
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Can we have pick discussion as we go?
Mario 3 was the pinnacle of gaming on the most iconic console ever. Its graphics are simple but they still hold up today and the gameplay is simple but as solid as it can be. Also it was in The Wizard.
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Can we have pick discussion as we go?
Absolutely. You're encouraged to talk briefly about why you picked the game when you make the pick, although it's not required. And of course half the fun is debating/discussing the picks as we go.
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Super Mario 3
Draft is over. Cheez's island wins. =(
edit: actually ethic will probably pick my all-time favorite game before I can. Ohhhh the suspense builds.
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And Jenny Lewis!
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Civilization 2
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Cool... KnuckleBuckett's turn.
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kermi, just to verify, is that Civilization II: Test of Time (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/civilization-ii-test-of-time) or Sid Meier's Civilization II (http://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-civilization-ii)? Or are those the same?
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Test of Time, I believe, is a standalone expansion. I'd assume he means regular Civ II
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So the second one?
Or actually both I guess, since you get all expansion packs when you pick the original game, but I'll link to the Sid Meier page since I guess that's the original.
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According to wiki, it sounds like ToT was basically a remake with new features. It came out 3 years after the original
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_II:_Test_of_Time
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Hmm... well this is one of those gray areas that I don't know enough about games to answer, are they different games or the same? Right now I'm leaning towards "the same", meaning nobody else can pick Test of Time. If somebody disagrees, let me know.
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They're not the same game, I wasn't right the first time.
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Seriously? Is this a question. Sid's of course...One is one of the greatest games of all time - and thus not worth risking that it'd be gone later...and the other is the bullshit imposter they made to make more $ by modding the old one...
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Total Annihilation
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Damnit Cheez you took one of my favorites!
And I've never heard of Total Annihilation. Is that a game or are you calling it quits already?
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Holy shit updating this from a phone is hard... :p
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Damnit Cheez you took one of my favorites!
And I've never heard of Total Annihilation. Is that a game or are you calling it quits already?
Seriously? Shows your age I suppose. This is where Supreme Commander came from. Which I didn't like nearly as much. It was a huge hit when it came out. Starcrafts only competitor at the time.
Wiki...
" The game was highly praised by critics and players, and won numerous awards, including GameSpot's Game of the Year Award for 1997.[7] TA is still played actively today, over 10 years after its release.[8][9][10] It won Gamespy's Top Ten Real-Time Strategy Games of All Time [11] in 2004, leaving StarCraft in second place. It was also recently named to Gamespot's 50-game The Greatest Games of All Time list. "
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Yeah TA was overshadowed by Starcraft when it came out, but it had a very strong following
IIRC it was one of the first 3D RTSes
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I split the rounds out as a separate thread, that way the draft order is the first post.
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GAAAAAAAAY
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Yeah, a lot of 90s games were just getting comfortable with 3D graphics when the technology was in its infancy. As a result, a lot of them look like crap now.
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Ain't mean it's a bad game!
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I'm at work posting from my phone so ill make this short n sweet: tetris
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You bastard
edit: wait it's not your turn
edit2: yes it is
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Win.
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BTW I still play Total Annihilation now and again. It has aged well and can still be a challenge to play. I have access to an updated executable that adds units and tweaks the AI if anyone is interested. I can link it to you via Dropbox. You may need a play disc. I guess I could create an ISO for it.... TAUIP Total Annihilation Unit Interdependency Pack
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Your turn Char!
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Ah, so TA came out around the same time as Starcraft? That explains why I never heard of it.
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I split the rounds out as a separate thread, that way the draft order is the first post.
Thanks... although the draft order was in the first post of the other thread, too. And at the bottom of my post every time I post. ;)
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Ah, so TA came out around the same time as Starcraft? That explains why I never heard of it.
Yeah it came out about 6 months before SC. It never had a huge following, but it got very good reviews and had a solid core of people that loved it (evidenced by knuck still playing it)
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Speaking of StarCraft... my very first selection is:
StarCraft
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/960867055-00.jpg) (http://www.mobygames.com/game/starcraft)
Kind of a no-brainer for me, I'm just glad it lasted this long. StarCraft was the last game I actually played a lot and invested a lot of time in. Fun, difficult, interesting, replayable, there were lots of reasons I'd choose it number 1.
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Anyone else think SC was really overrated?
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Also, all the posts should be up to date again. You can check my latest post or the first post in this thread to see the most recently updated draft order. Also check the links in the first post to see a recap of what has already been taken.
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Anyone else think SC was really overrated?
No, but only because I don't know what it was rated and I didn't play enough other games to compare it to.
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It got good reviews when it came out, but I meant more that I don't see why it's a game that people still obsessively play more than 10 years after release. I never thought it was that great to begin with.
Disclaimer: I suck at RTS games, but there are still several I enjoy a great deal
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I loved SC. First online game I played as well.
My pick:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/ZELDA_OCARINA_OF_TIME.jpg)
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It got good reviews when it came out, but I meant more that I don't see why it's a game that people still obsessively play more than 10 years after release. I never thought it was that great to begin with.
Disclaimer: I suck at RTS games, but there are still several I enjoy a great deal
Way overrated.
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starcraft was my number 2 choice - I spent ton of time playing almost as much as....... well, now this will be my next choice :)
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Starcraft would've been my first choice. I probably love it so much because it's one of the first games that I played online more than casually
My first pick is: Doom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(video_game))
I remember being scared just watching my dad play it when I was little.
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Doom should get extra points for being the cause of every school shooting or mass murder in the last 15 years.
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I had that written down! Then I changed it.
I was sure you'd pick it! That game was revolutionary. And there are some side quests you can go back and do after beating it, or you can just play the whole thing again.
Star Craft, Super Mario 3, Tetris, and Doom were all on my list too.
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C'mon PJ! :)
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Damn, this is tough, my top games are either picked or are of the same franchise of ones picked and I want to be a little more original for my first...
Ooh, I know, I played the crap out of this game growing up and still play on my ipod, the game that started all fighting games:
Street Fighter II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_Ii)
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>>Street Fighter II
good choice - this wasn't on my list but it probably should have been I spent countless hours playing this on my sega
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Ok, so something tells me that my gaming choices aren't going to fall in line with most based on things I've seen posted here, but here goes anyways:
Half-life 1 - this was my first FPS and I spent WAY too many hours my freshman year of college fragging the shit out of people in the dorms. To the point where I'm pretty sure it affected my grades.
Since I think I'm supposed to pick again, here's my next:
Battlefield 2 - my favorite FPS by far. I can't even tell you how many hours I've logged in that game.
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Half Life would probably be high up on most people's lists. BF2, not so much.
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The only thing I can see standing in the way of BF2 is early bug issues. But when a game is that complex there are bound to be problems. I think for what it was, it is still, IMHO, one of the best FPS games of it's kind ever made. Best vehicles, best team work, best combat. Not the best weapons and I could have imagined better maps but really... it has it all, IMO.
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BF2 also isn't nearly as widely played/known as a lot of the other games
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BF2 is the second best game I have ever played. Had EA supported the game through XP SP3 and Vista properly I would still be playing it. Unfortunately, they let support slide. Balance issues were not mitigated, cheating was rampant, and douchebag control was rare on most servers. I finally had to very very reluctantly leave. Nothing in the FPS genre has approached BF2 pre or post. This includes 2142, Bad Company 1/2, and the pile of CODs.
Great choice Obes! I was going there next. I couldn't even guess the number of hours that we spent on the same squad in that game.
Our stats are still up on BF2S. I seem to have been exceptionally effective with claymores.
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Best in the series by far:
Fallout 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_2)
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Fucker
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Hahaha, it isn't technically my next best game on the list, but I had a strong feeling it wouldn't make to my next pick.
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It sure wasn't going to
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It sure wasn't going to
Gotta watch out for PJ, he knows how to play these things.
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I'm happy with my pick. That's just the problem with going first
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BF2 also isn't nearly as widely played/known as a lot of the other games
Somehow I doubt that. I haven't logged on in probably 4 or 5 months but even then there were several hundred servers running (with some filtered out even) and that was over 3 years after the game started.
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Maybe I underestimated it, but I just don't think it's in the same group as your Starcrafts and Half-Lifes and stuff.
But I guess that's why we're doing this
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I think it's a different group of people. Maybe not on the same level as SC, but certainly bigger than Half-Life.
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BF2 was huge. It was as big as they get as a FPS.
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> It was as big as they get as a FPS.
what
BF2: 2.25M copies sold (as of June 2006, can't find more recent numbers)
Half-life: 9.3M copies sold as of 2008
HL2: 6.5M copies sold as of 2008
BF BC2: 6M copies (and that's for a game that's less than a year old!)
COD MW2: over 20M copies. It sold twice as many copies as BF2 in the first day it was released!
I could keep going, but your statement isn't even close to true
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CoD: BO has sold over 20M copies and has been out for less than 3 months
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Best in the series by far:
Fallout 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_2)
THAT was my second choice. Damn you.
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> It was as big as they get as a FPS.
what
BF2: 2.25M copies sold (as of June 2006, can't find more recent numbers)
Half-life: 9.3M copies sold as of 2008
HL2: 6.5M copies sold as of 2008
BF BC2: 6M copies (and that's for a game that's less than a year old!)
COD MW2: over 20M copies. It sold twice as many copies as BF2 in the first day it was released!
I could keep going, but your statement isn't even close to true
I stand corrected.
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Really the biggest thing that shows to me is the rise of console gaming. BO has sold 11 million copies on 360 and another 8 on PS3. I'm not gonna be the "PC Gaming is dying" guy, but it's certainly not #1 anymore.
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> also, blame pirates.
This only works if you think there were 19 million people who pirated the game
edit: Which is even sillier considering that the biggest point of the CoD games is MP
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That would bring the PC version to 5.3M or so. (how the hell do they accurately track how many times a game was pirated)
The best selling PC game of last year appears to be SCII, which didn't even clear 3 million copies
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http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales/44950/call-of-duty-black-ops/
I don't know if it counts Steam or D2D
Where'd you get your piracy numbers
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WoW: Cataclysm sold 4.7 million in the first month
That makes sense, I was googling "best selling PC game" and most of the articles were from August about SC
So the best selling PC game of the last year sold 2.3 million less copies in a month than BO did in a day.
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Me too, bro. Me too.
That's why I pirated it.
edit: I bought MW2 and traded it in after a couple months
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Bad Company 1/2 lacked the ability for snipers to go prone. Really? Fail.
COD multi didn't even interest me after hearing the reviews.
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I respectfully disagree.
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o-t:
Nah.. not at all.
By the way, because this is Friday, JaWiB has until Monday morning to make his pick before timing out.
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Have you played BC2? I can't imagine how prone
would be a good thing.
A crouch-toggle would be nice so I didn't have to
hold it down all the time.
Yes, I have. Creating a silhouette as a sniper is ... silly.
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BF2 is a good one.
Am I allowed to pick Super Mario Bros (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.)? It's quite different from SMB 3 I think.
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BF2 is a good one.
Am I allowed to pick Super Mario Bros (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.)? It's quite different from SMB 3 I think.
Absolutely (says charlie as he curses and crosses it off his list).
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hmmm so hard to choose.
I'll go with:
Wolfenstein 3D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Wolf3d_pc.png)
I played this a lot, one of the first computer games I really played. It's influence on gaming is pretty obvious too.
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wait. round 2 goes backwards?
Yes. Yes it does.
All even rounds go backwards, it makes it fairer for the people who got unlucky and had to pick at the end.
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Ok, my next pick is:
GoldenEye 007
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/986859313-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenEye_007)
Probably not the best game of this type, but I haven't played a lot of games, so this is my favorite. Plus I already said that the "deserted island" theme isn't too be taken too literally, and this game was lots of fun to just go head to head against one, two or three other players, especially with a big TV. I'm sure there might be better multiplayer choices for that, now, too, but I played hours and hours of GoldenEye with college buddies and with my brothers and sisters so it gets my #2 pick.
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GTA III
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Ok, my next pick is:
GoldenEye 007
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/986859313-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenEye_007)
Probably not the best game of this type, but I haven't played a lot of games, so this is my favorite. Plus I already said that the "deserted island" theme isn't too be taken too literally, and this game was lots of fun to just go head to head against one, two or three other players, especially with a big TV. I'm sure there might be better multiplayer choices for that, now, too, but I played hours and hours of GoldenEye with college buddies and with my brothers and sisters so it gets my #2 pick.
Round 2
1. govtcheez 2. kermi3 3. KnuckleBuckett 4. ethic 5. Jake <-- 6. charlie 7. Perspective 8. JaWiB 9. PJYelton 10. ober
oh yeah. we split the screen in four - the only thing is, it was a 13" screen. good times
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oh yeah. we split the screen in four - the only thing is, it was a 13" screen. good times
Yeah, the "bigger TV" I was referring to was my roommate's 21in. Can't wait until I get to the island with my big screen.
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Madden NFL 10.
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Round 2
1. govtcheez 2. kermi3 <-- 3. KnuckleBuckett 4. ethic 5. Jake 6. charlie 7. Perspective 8. JaWiB 9. PJYelton 10. ober
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I will destroy everyone in Goldeneye
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i went like 4 years without losing a game of goldeneye
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Install Goldeneye Source and then figure out how to make it work for me
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Sorry guys - been in bed sick all day...
Lets go with Team Fortress 2
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K, govtcheez gets two picks, one for round 2 and one for round 3...
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Mario Kart (SNES version)
GTA IV
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> It was as big as they get as a FPS.
what
BF2: 2.25M copies sold (as of June 2006, can't find more recent numbers)
Half-life: 9.3M copies sold as of 2008
HL2: 6.5M copies sold as of 2008
BF BC2: 6M copies (and that's for a game that's less than a year old!)
COD MW2: over 20M copies. It sold twice as many copies as BF2 in the first day it was released!
I could keep going, but your statement isn't even close to true
I didn't start playing BF2 until June 2006 or something like that and the game was still on the upswing at that point. I couldn't find any more recent numbers either but I bet it's similar to some of those other games.
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I'd be shocked if that was the case. It'd have to compete with its own sequels, the CoDs, the L4Ds, TF2, etc etc. It'd be pretty amazing to keep the same sales rate up when there are bigger names out there.
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GTA III
Bastard
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Isn't it still Govt?
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No, I picked 2 games
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I'm hemming and hawing - govt stole my next with Mario Kart...Let's go with Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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nigga you ain't even pick the best TES game!
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Nice pick Kermi.
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Nice pick Kermi.
Never heard of it. :dunno:
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Mario Kart (SNES version)
So, Super Mario Kart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Kart)?
Can somebody with more knowledge tell me if the other Mario Kart games should be considered the same, or if we should be able to pick the others? There don't seem to be extensive changes between the version, but I'm guessing they all have different worlds/tracks which is probably enough to make them distinct.
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Each is different so I would say someone could still pick the Game Cube or Wii versions.
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Each is different so I would say someone could still pick the Game Cube or Wii versions.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking, too.
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Mech Warrior 3
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3???? You picked the worse one in the series there bud!
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Each is different so I would say someone could still pick the Game Cube or Wii versions.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking, too.
Definitely. The other games are across platform generations. The gameplay is similar, but they're definitely distinct games.
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Mech Warrior 3
3???? You picked the worse one in the series there bud!
I liked both 2 and 3.
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Yeah I always thought 3 was underrated
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Ditto. I never played 1. 2 was good, 3 was better IMO.
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Wasn't 1 wire frame?
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I think so. I don't know a single person who played it.
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JRPGs suck
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FF7 sucked, you suck
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JRPGs suck
I don't know what those things mean.
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You are not good at video games, charlie
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JRPGs suck
I don't know what those things mean.
Jewish Role Playing Games
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It's true, I hate the jews.
edit: It's because of bagels
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Bagels? WTF?
The lox, maybe. But bagels are awesome.
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I just started a low-carb diet and I am jealous of the Jews and their bagels. Also their proud noses
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A JRPG actually stands for a Japanese RPG. FF7 is an excellent example of it. Linear gameplay, lots of cutscenes, and what I've always thought was really stupid dialogue and combat. You either love them or you hate them.
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I just started a low-carb diet and I am jealous of the Jews and their bagels. Also their proud noses
I predict you will lose handily to this proud Jewish man who is not good at video games. I will nosh some hamantaschen during my victory celebration.
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I think so. I don't know a single person who played it.
Now you do.
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A JRPG actually stands for a Japanese RPG. FF7 is an excellent example of it. Linear gameplay, lots of cutscenes, and what I've always thought was really stupid dialogue and combat. You either love them or you hate them.
Yeah, I googled it before posting. I just needed a reason to post something so I could include the updated game status in my faux-sig.
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> I will nosh some hamantaschen during my victory celebration.
I just put that word into google translate and am unsurprised that you eat babies.
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Next time use wikipedia.
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Just so you know, it's in the bylaws that either me or PJ has to win. Enjoy your temporary lead.
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i was looking at the results and it looks like
i'm winning so far
I'm sorry, I didn't realize I had been kicked out of the draft
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I'm all about Mech 2 and 4
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Meh...4.
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my island is lacking an FPS - COD4:MW
there is one I personally like much more, but I doubt it will get taken any time soon.
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my island is lacking an FPS - COD4:MW
BITCH!
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my island is lacking an FPS - COD4:MW
BITCH!
<3
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I really have no idea where to go here. Way too many games I'm thinking of don't seem worthy of a third round pick. But I'm going with this one because I enjoyed it and it might actually get taken by somebody else:
The Legend of Zelda
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Legend_of_zelda_cover_%28with_cartridge%29_gold.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_%28video_game%29)
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Oh shit, I just realized there's only 8 rounds in this draft. I only get five more games.
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Sim City (I'll take Sim City 2000 if the versions are considered different games).
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Sc2kscr.png)
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Sim City (I'll take Sim City 2000 if the versions are considered different games).
Yeah, based on what we've been doing so far it sure seems like they are different games, so I'm putting you down for Sim City 2000.
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I wasted a TON of hours on 2000. I have 2004 Deluxe and played it for a while but never really got into it. I think some of the new stuff they added is kind of boring and useless.
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2000 was a pretty happy medium between fun and complexity
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Took me a bit of thinking, but I've got to go with: Myst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst)
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Round 3
1. govtcheez 2. kermi3 3. KnuckleBuckett 4. ethic 5. Jake 6. charlie 7. Perspective 8. JaWiB --> 9. PJYelton 10. ober
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This is getting tough, but gotta go with the game that sucked up pretty much my every waking hour in 2004:
Morrowind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrowind)
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I never got into Morrowind or Myst - I don't even think I played Morrowind.
I did spend way too many hours playing SC2000 though.
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Morrowind was an excellent, excellent game. I wanted to pick it, but didn't know if anyone else around here would have played it.
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That's cause it's a bad game
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Alright... let's see. Another one I wasted a lot of time on would be in the Need For Speed Series. They're probably mostly equivalent but I'll go with:
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
For the next pick, I have to say one of the games that I spent most of my time on as far as a console would have to be:
Halo (Original)
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I loved NFS hot pursuit. I really want to try the new one (even though the reviews aren't great).
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I downloaded it, but haven't had as much fun with it as I did the first one. That one was a blast
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I can't decide whether I should go for games that are extremely nostalgic but might be out dated or to go for more recent games... I think I shall go for the one that once and for all taught me the cake was a lie:
Portal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game))
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So ober, there's Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_III:_Hot_Pursuit) which is what I assume you're taking, but there's also Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Hot_Pursuit_%282010_video_game%29) that came out last year. Let me know if that's the one you meant.
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I loved NFSIIIHP - awesome game! I think this is probably my 3rd most liked car game. The first one is a rally game none of you probably ever played :p
>>halo
never got into it.
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Halo would have been forgotten completely if it had come out on PC first
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Charlie, III.
Portal is a great game, probably not in my top list though.
Jake, which game are you referring to? I've played a Rally game or two. Colin McRae? I think the one I played was the second version.
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Portal was really neat, but it felt like more of a tech demo than a real game
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That's the one over.1 and 2. I spent hundreds of hours playing it.
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I probably spent 20 hours in 2. It didn't really hold my interest too well I guess.
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That's the one over.1 and 2. I spent hundreds of hours playing it.
over = ober :p typing with my left hand on my phone while getting tatted yesterday night :p
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Halo would have been forgotten completely if it had come out on PC first
Very true. The PC version sucked balls.
And probably the only reason I really got into it is because I got together semi-frequently with my brother and cousins and friends and we networked 2 or 3 XBoxes together and battled all night. I'd have to say it's possibly my favorite console FPS. The singleplayer wasn't bad either.
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Edit: Looks like JaWiB has timed out. Perspective, you can go ahead and make a pick if you want and JaWiB can send in his pick at any time.
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> Very true. The PC version sucked balls.
That's not what I meant - if the Xbox version had been released on PC, no one would have cared. It would have just been another pretty ok shooter
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You bastards have all ready picked most of the games of my list...
I recently started playing games again, and I've been sinking all of my free time into this game:
Counter-Strike
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Ok, my pick:
Gran Turismo 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/GranTurismo2.jpg/252px-GranTurismo2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_2)
Fun racing game. More to do than just race. :dunno:
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Ok, my pick:
Gran Turismo 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/GranTurismo2.jpg/252px-GranTurismo2.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_2)
Fun racing game. More to do than just race. :dunno:
Round 4
1. govtcheez 2. kermi3 3. KnuckleBuckett 4. ethic 5. Jake <-- 6. charlie 7. Perspective 8. JaWiB 9. PJYelton 10. ober
dick!
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Woo hoo! I had no idea which one to grab so I settled on that one. I guess this means you'll have to think a bit before your next pick?
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Whoops, I didn't see that PJ made his pick. Since my Island is missing an RTS, I'll pick one of my favorites: Red Alert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert)
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Woo hoo! I had no idea which one to grab so I settled on that one. I guess this means you'll have to think a bit before your next pick?
Round 4
1. govtcheez 2. kermi3 3. KnuckleBuckett 4. ethic 5. Jake <-- 6. charlie 7. Perspective 8. JaWiB 9. PJYelton 10. ober
indeed.
and my island is still missing a sports game, hence, Fifa 09
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My turn. woot! I've been waiting for this one!!
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1241429599-00.jpg)
that's right baby! Probably the first game that
actually ever scared me. oh man, I remember
saving my game right before an invasion I couldn't
beat. Pissed me off so much.
The memories of this game are 100x better than
replaying it, though. I really wish it would get
remade (with everything exactly the same. Even
2d, just with higher resolution graphics!) Actually,
even that's not necessary. Just make a portable
version of it so it doesn't look so horrid. DS or
iPhone or something.
My cousins and I would all play a game together.
We'd make soldiers after ourselves. Michael kept
making us start the encounter over every time
an alien killed his guy.
Researching new technologies, building new bases,
etc. Bases you can actually explore! Sometimes
the aliens would invade your base! Badass.
never heard of it.
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/99964-New-X-Com-Shooter-Coming-From-BioShock-2-Studio
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Never really could love X-Com - too complicated for my simple brain.
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Bioshock
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never heard of it.
One of the biggest strategy games of the 90s
edit: WRT our earlier conversation, "biggest" probably isn't the best adjective. It was very popular, but wasn't in the realm of Starcraft or the C&C games. It was extremely well reviewed and still has a cult following today.
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Yeah me too. I guess you could say it was probably one of the biggest turn based strategy games of the 90s. Only things I can think of that might compare would be Civ, Civ II, Pazner General, Steel Panthers... I dunno probably some more
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I never got into it but my roommate and his friend back in college would play it for 12 hour blocks.
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Round 4
1. govtcheez 2. kermi3 <-- 3. KnuckleBuckett 4. ethic 5. Jake 6. charlie 7. Perspective 8. JaWiB 9. PJYelton 10. ober
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NHL 11
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NBA Jam
Fallout: New Vegas
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Company of Heroes
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FUCK I just thought of something better. Hope they're still there for my next turn :(
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
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It's gonna be interesting to see how all of these picks with sequels end up working out.
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The limited number of picks will only allow us a bit of each type of game.
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Right - I meant more that Red Alert 1 was already picked. 2 was obviously a different game coming out like 5 years later, but I wonder if the difference will be big enough in people's minds to set them apart in a big way
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Worms 2 supremacy
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I liked 2 better than Armageddon. Armageddon's interface is dumb
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Worms 2 supremacy
that is my choice for this round :)
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Armageddon was on my list. I've never played 2.
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My next pick... something a little different than the others on my list:
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_3_Coverart.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_3)
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By the way, I couldn't find any Worms 2 Supremacy, and there were two games called Worms 2 that I found. Can somebody please clarify?
I posted this for Jake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_2
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Nice
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wrong one.
Which one should I have picked?
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Tony Hawks 2
Damn... I couldn't remember which one I had played. I probably have never played #3. I just picked it because it seemed like it was close to what I remember and I figured 3 must be better than 2.
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By the way, I couldn't find any Worms 2 Supremacy, and there were two games called Worms 2 that I found. Can somebody please clarify?
I posted this for Jake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_2
There's no such game as Worms 2 Supremacy - I was saying that Worms 2 was better than Armageddon
edit: Worms 2 != Worms 2:Armageddon != Worms: Armageddon
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Diablo
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Diablo_Coverart.png)
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Diablo
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Diablo_Coverart.png)
nice! this wasn't but should have been on my list
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By the way, I couldn't find any Worms 2 Supremacy, and there were two games called Worms 2 that I found. Can somebody please clarify?
I posted this for Jake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_2
There's no such game as Worms 2 Supremacy - I was saying that Worms 2 was better than Armageddon
edit: Worms 2 != Worms 2:Armageddon != Worms: Armageddon
So that mean the Worms 2 that I put up is the correct one, correct?
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Probably
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By the way, I couldn't find any Worms 2 Supremacy, and there were two games called Worms 2 that I found. Can somebody please clarify?
I posted this for Jake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_2
There's no such game as Worms 2 Supremacy - I was saying that Worms 2 was better than Armageddon
edit: Worms 2 != Worms 2:Armageddon != Worms: Armageddon
So that mean the Worms 2 that I put up is the correct one, correct?
Round 5
1. govtcheez 2. kermi3 3. KnuckleBuckett 4. ethic 5. Jake 6. charlie 7. Perspective --> 8. JaWiB 9. PJYelton 10. ober
correct
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I don't believe this one has been picked yet: Diddy Kong Racing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing)
I probably put at least as much time into it as I did Mario Kart.
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I don't believe this one has been picked yet: Diddy Kong Racing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diddy_Kong_Racing)
I probably put at least as much time into it as I did Mario Kart.
Of course, Mario Kart 64 hasn't been taken yet either, so you could have had that if you wanted.
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Another game I played the crap out of:
Warcraft II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_II)
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Ok, so I lost interest in this game after the version I'm choosing because I think they fundamentally changed the game. I enjoyed the second and third versions but the best, IMHO:
Unreal Tournament - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament
My next choice is coming out of my most recent gaming and this game is incredible. Amazing graphics, very realistic game play and the controls are fantastic.
MLB2K10 - http://2ksports.com/games/mlb2k10
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Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(NES))
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The best thing about MLB 2K10 was that the first trailers were basically showing shitty things in 2K9 and then showing them not happening in 2K10.
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LOL... really?
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Yeah. I want to like the 2K series because it's the only one I can get, but they're pretty universally seen as inferior to The Show every year. I'm not buying another one again until they upgrade it big time.
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But it's only on Playstation... I thought you had a 360? And some of us are fucked with only having a PC.
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Yeah, that's the only problem with The Show
And yes I have a 360
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Warcraft II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_II)
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(NES))
Both on my list and I would have picked them eventually if this was a 12-16 round draft. Hell, I would have picked WarCraft II first if StarCraft had already been taken.
Speaking of which... I've got more games I really want to take than rounds left, in case anybody wants to consider pushing this out to a few extra rounds.
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I'd rather not.
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Yeah I'm with ober
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Damn. Fine. 12 games and only three slots left. :(
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Maybe they'll all get taken.
Or you could always post at the end other games that you would have like to have put on your island.
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Yeah, that's what I'll end up doing, posting them at the end. And I'm pretty sure they won't get taken. Of the twelve I have left I'd be surprised if two get taken. I'm not really a gamer. :p
I'm not really upset, by the way.
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Why is everyone in such a hurry to end this?
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JaWiB has timed out, and it's now Perspective's turn.
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I need a racing game:
Need for speed, Underground
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground
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I need a Street-Fighter type game, so I'm going with one I've actually played, that is fun and kind of funny, and I honestly don't remember but I hope has good music in it.
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Wu-Tang_-_Shaolin_Style_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang:_Shaolin_Style)
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I need a racing game:
Need for speed, Underground
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground
I played that for a while but it's low on my list of NFS games.
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following perspective's awesome choice, my island also needs an RPG. And since he stole Diablo, the choice is really hard - but, I pick Baldur's Gate II
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Baldur%27s_Gate_II_-_Shadows_of_Amn_Coverart.png)
this was a toss up between Baldur's Gate the original and never winter nights. I logged "many" hours on all these titles in the late 90's and early 00's but I remember liking BGII the most. Come to think of it, I still might have this game somewhere and just might install it. might.
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I need a Street-Fighter type game, so I'm going with one I've actually played, that is fun and kind of funny, and I honestly don't remember but I hope has good music in it.
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Wu-Tang_-_Shaolin_Style_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang:_Shaolin_Style)
Round 5
1. govtcheez 2. kermi3 3. KnuckleBuckett 4. ethic 5. Jake <-- 6. charlie 7. Perspective 8. JaWiB 9. PJYelton 10. ober
weak! I <3 the Wu but this game sucked!
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I need a racing game:
Need for speed, Underground
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground
I played that for a while but it's low on my list of NFS games.
agreed. I think that even porshe challenge was better :p
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Crap, how do I keep missing my turn? I'll pick Duke Nukem Forever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_forever)
I don't see anything in the rules that says the game has to have been released yet :D
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weak! I <3 the Wu but this game sucked!
Meh... other than street fighter I haven't played a lot of these style games, so there's not much to choose from.
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Diablo II
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Crysis
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I need a racing game:
Need for speed, Underground
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground
I played that for a while but it's low on my list of NFS games.
agreed. I think that even porshe challenge was better :p
I would actually put the Porshe edition high on my list. I loved that game.
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Crysis
Awesome game... except for the fucking aliens and the stupid-hard parts.
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Crap, how do I keep missing my turn? I'll pick Duke Nukem Forever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_forever)
I don't see anything in the rules that says the game has to have been released yet :D
Gonna put this forward as a reason this should only be 8 rounds
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I need a racing game:
Need for speed, Underground
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Underground
I played that for a while but it's low on my list of NFS games.
agreed. I think that even porshe challenge was better :p
Yeah, Hot Pursuit was my first choice but it was already picked. I haven't played that many racing games and I wanted to choose one I had played. I remember this being the first racing game I played that really used the blur effect well to show speed. I considered one of the GT games but I think I had more fun with this one.
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Crap, how do I keep missing my turn? I'll pick Duke Nukem Forever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_forever)
I don't see anything in the rules that says the game has to have been released yet :D
Gonna put this forward as a reason this should only be 8 rounds
Sorry, that's not a good reason. But reason or not the will of the people will be respected.
(And it's your turn.)
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TIE Fighter
Deus Ex
Picking games that haven't been released isn't an indication that maybe we don't need to extend the draft? ok
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Picking games that haven't been released isn't an indication that maybe we don't need to extend the draft? ok
Seriously? No, it is not. Obviously he just think it looks super cool. And I thought you were a gamer. You can't think of three more fun games that you would love to have available to play in addition to the seven you already picked?
But I'm not still trying to argue we should extend the draft, we'll stop at 8 rounds.
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Dues Ex. That game was fucking awful. I couldn't even finish it.
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It's a cyberpunk spy game with a pretty open world. I'm sorry your taste in things is bad :(
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Meh - I thought it was alright...
Mechwarrior 4 (so tempting to do 2...)
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Oh my. Not 4. No no no...
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Dragon Age Origins
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Picking games that haven't been released isn't an indication that maybe we don't need to extend the draft? ok
Don't hate. It's been years in the making and only recently actually has a release date. And the original is definitely a classic.
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Meh...
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Tribes was awesome. First online multiplayer I think I ever did
I hope DNF is another Daikatana
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angry birds
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If Angry Birds is coming out I may have to drop a Peggle-bomb with my last pick
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I don't know, you tell me.... STEPHANIE
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Obviously you don't understand the intricacies of Peggle, which include but are not limited to: aiming, timing your shot, picking the right powerup guy. OK maybe it is limited to those three things, but it's still fun.
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Umm... peggle kicks ass. I don't get the massive love for Angry Birds. It's ok. Not 'GREAT' as most would say, IMO.
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I probably play more Peggle than just about any other game right now.
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Just looked at the list of everyone's rounds. Unless anyone pulls a rabbit out of their hats I think PJ's list is far and away the best
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I actually only like one of PJ's games.
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Peggle is awesome. Great on from PC all the way down to mobile devices. Big game too. I would be willing to bet 99% of players never solve the whole game/challenges.
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Some of the challenges are really hard. I've done about half of them but will probably never finish them all
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Ditto. I can't imagine the time required to solve the whole set.
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Some of the challenges are really hard. I've done about half of them but will probably never finish them all
+1. Some of them are insane hard.
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I think I might take peggle on my next turn. I've never played it but it would be fun to mess with cheez.
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That's fine, it's a cool game but I wasn't seriously going to take it.
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Neither was I. Dammit, that wasn't fun at all.
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Maybe I was lying and I'm gonna take it now!
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Dammit, I was going to sneak it in there with my last pick, now I'm not so sure I want it :)
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Maybe I was lying and I'm gonna take it now!
gah, the tables have turned!
You can have it PJ. I already have some games lined up for my last picks.
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You guys realize that I have the next pick and peggle is on my list, right? So all your discussion is moot!!!
I got through like 95% of the game and was down to about 6 challenges when we lost my wife's iPod. She now has an iPhone but we haven't re-bought the game yet.
But I'm not actually going to pick it. It's like #10 on the list of games still left on my list. If this were 12 rounds I might have picked it, but with 8 round there just isn't room for sleepers like that.
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I'd be interested to see how differently Peggle plays on PC vs another platform. It's not exactly the same thing but the version of Brickbreaker that has come with every blackberry I've had plays very differently based on the size of the screen and other factors.
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Then again, I think I want one puzzle type game on my island, and Tetris was already taken, so:
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/small/979957577-00.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Puzzle_Fighter_II_Turbo)
More fun and faster paced than Angry Birds or Peggle, and if I'm alone on an island I don't want slow games. Those are best used when I have kids grabbing my attention every 30 seconds or five minutes on the toilet.
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O_o
I have never heard of this game
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O_o
I have never heard of this game
Nothing great, it's a puzzle game like tetris or bejeweled or others like that. The street fighter tie-in was amusing, but not that big of a deal. Still... thinking about it makes me want to break out my old playstation and challenge my wife. Hadouken!
http://www.mobygames.com/game/super-puzzle-fighter-ii-turbo/screenshots
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:woot: Expert approval.
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Love the esink in the background to prove it's not a fake picture. :dblthumb2:
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Resident Evil 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Resident_Evil_2_Raccoon_City.png)
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This probably won't be a terribly popular pick, but I have to go with it since out of the series it was my favorite (especially since the original was never on XBL) and I spent more time on it than probably any other Xbox/360 game: Halo 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_2)
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Favorite sporting game by far:
NCAA Football 11 (http://ncaafootball.easports.com/home.action)
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The original was good but I wasted a lot of time with:
Hitman 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_2:_Silent_Assassin
My next pick goes to a game previously mentioned but not actually picked so far:
NFS Porsche Unleashed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_Porsche_Unleashed
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Typical fatboy Jawib picking the fratboy game.
We should have seen it coming a mile away.
:rofl: :rofl:
The irony is so great. I am neither a fratboy nor a fatboy; never in my life could I have predicted I would be called such.
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Finally got around to beating this game last week, glad I did because the ending was amazing:
Red Dead Redemption (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dead_Redemption)
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PJ continues to pick games that I love but avoided picking because I didn't think anyone here really played
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PJ continues to pick games that I love but avoided picking because I didn't think anyone here really played
It's probably too late, but you might be the only one here trying to pick games that others would vote for. I think most of us are picking games that we would most like to have. The voting part is kinda secondary.
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Yeah, my shit is never 'popular' so I have just been picking stuff I spent the most time playing.
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> It's probably too late, but you might be the only one here trying to pick games that others would vote for.
That's not exclusively what I'm picking on, but it is something I'm keeping in mind. I'm not picking games I didn't like just to get people to vote or anything like that
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> It's probably too late, but you might be the only one here trying to pick games that others would vote for.
That's not exclusively what I'm picking on, but it is something I'm keeping in mind. I'm not picking games I didn't like just to get people to vote or anything like that
Makes sense. I guess I'm surprised you didn't grab RDR earlier, since it seemed like you liked it quite a bit.
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To be honest I didn't even think about it, but I did enjoy it a ton. Anyone that likes westerns should pick it up ASAP
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I was surprised it lasted til the last round. That game had everything and was one of the very few times where I actually cared about the main character.
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I will buy FFVII from you
(psyche fuck that dumb game)
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JaWiB timed out, Perspective is up. This is the last round everybody, so make your picks good.
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I'm stuck between two NES games that I played a lot. i'll go with:
River City Ransom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfwLBk1zvrw
This game was really ahead of its time. You pick things up, throw them, aquire new skills (by buying books). Great game.
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I used to LOVE that game...forgot all about it....
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For my last game I needed a sports game, and there is only one I've consistently enjoyed over many years. Madden 11 was already taken, and I don't know how we're separating the Madden series, but since there are only a few more picks left I figured it was safe to go with 2002 as a "separate game" based on what we talked about earlier. So:
Madden NFL 2002
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Madden_NFL_2002_Coverart.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL_2002)
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My final pick: Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (http://www.gamespot.com/nes/action/chiptodalenodaisakusen/index.html)
So many fond memories. It had two-player simultaneous coop that played a lot like the new super mario bros, and an awesome soundtrack to boot. Would've been one of my top 3 picks but I knew no one else would pick it.
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I played the hell out of rescue rangers
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Skip me please. Ill post later tonight
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Skip me please. Ill post later tonight
Ok, that means you're up when you figure out which to pick, ethic.
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Mass Effect 2
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A friend of mine was a game designer on that game, I've never played it though.
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here is a video of me playing Mass Effect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj5Q9zK_7cM
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Okay. I get it you don't like Mass Effect 1 or 2. Awesome. Let it go.
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A friend of mine was a game designer on that game, I've never played it though.
If you ever get a chance thank him for me. Best series ever and best game ever IMO. Those guys almost always come through with top tier titles. Except for Alpha Protocol.
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Okay. I get it you don't like Mass Effect 1 or 2. Awesome. Let it go.
God forbid someone doesn't like your game
Jesus, get a sense of humor
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I have a great sense of humor. Obes can vouch.
Don't see why I can't bite back once in a while...
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A friend of mine was a game designer on that game, I've never played it though.
If you ever get a chance thank him for me. Best series ever and best game ever IMO. Those guys almost always come through with top tier titles. Except for Alpha Protocol.
I'll thank her for you if I ever cross paths with her again. She's an old friend from undergrad, haven't kept up much other than that facebook thing.
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Ah. Her. Apologies. Same goes though. :dblthumb2:
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so my island is missing a car game and a fighting game...since all the car games I like (except for the one I mentioned before) were taken, I am going with: Mortal Kombat 2
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Fail. Get a good nights sleep!
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more like Ass Effect
lol.
i've been working on that one all day. Burst
of creativity right before bed, yay.
*chest bump*
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Ok, kermi timed out and govtcheez has the last pick, so both you guys can pick whenever you're ready. Once you each have made a selection we'll be done!
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Oh has it been 24? My bad....
Call of Duty 2
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(http://monstervine.com/wp-content/2009/03/peggle.jpg)
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That's right I'm actually picking Peggle bitches. My clever maneuvering has delivered it to me with the final pick!
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Man, I wanted someone to pick a Monkey Island game.
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Dangit.
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Oh has it been 24? My bad....
Call of Duty 2
I almost picked that one. Great game!
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I'm sorta surprised no one took Wii Sports, it would be a good desert island game.
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I'm sorta surprised no one took Wii Sports, it would be a good desert island game.
My island won't be a desert, it will just be deserted. :p
I prefer Wii Sports Resort, but really even then there isn't that much replayability.
Done!
1. govtcheez 2. kermi3 3. KnuckleBuckett 4. ethic 5. Jake 6. charlie 7. Perspective 8. JaWiB 9. PJYelton 10. ober
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And the board is all up to date, so we'll start the tournament early next week.
Feel free to post your honorable mentions. I'll post mine a little later.
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We have a tournament, I do a random draw and order the lists from 1-10, then we match up lists two at a time and vote on whose list we like better. Since we have 10 teams, list #7 would battle list #10 and list #8 would battle list #9. Then in the next round, list #1 battles the winner of 7 vs 10, list #2 battles the 8 vs 9 winner, list #3 and 6 go against each other, and #4 and #5 go against each other. The winners of those face off in the semifinals, and then the winners there battle for the championship.
You can look at the other voting threads in this forum for examples.
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by far the game I spent the most time playing was wolfenstein enemy territory. It is a first person shooter, but not a realistic one like COD. I played it A LOT. Even now every couple months I loaded it up and play for a few hours.
When I was younger I also really liked Interstate 76 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_%2776 it was awesome :D
Baldur's Night and neverwinter nights also consumed a lot of time.
There was a game called arcanum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcanum:_Of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura that I really liked because I got into the story. But it was relatively easy and short and no expansions :( anyone else play it?
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I didn't get into Arcanum too much but I know a lot of people that really loved it. You can get it here for $6! http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura
(GOG is a great place for a lot of these older games you're looking for - they do a heck of a job and nothing is more than $10)
I-76 owned bones. I really wish they'd remake it for modern systems.
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Honorable mentions....
Mass Effect 1
Borderlands
Bioshock 2
Defense Grid
Far Cry
L4D 2
Metro 2033
Both Penny Arcade Games
Civ for iPod
Quake III Arena
Both Original Serious Sams
SW Jedi Academy
Supreme Commander 2
Torchlight
Warhammer 40K DOW II
The Witcher Enhanced Edition
SW KOTOR 2
Plants Versus Zombies
Spore
Drakes - Fortune and Uncharted
Heavy Rain
Heavenly Sword
God of War 3
inFamous 2
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It is installed and I have a mic. I thought your computer couldn't play games
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I don't read that board because I am dumb
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No
wait, does knuck of a ps3?
No, but my island does. Char gave me one. Nice of him eh?
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I didn't get into Arcanum too much but I know a lot of people that really loved it. You can get it here for $6! http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura
(GOG is a great place for a lot of these older games you're looking for - they do a heck of a job and nothing is more than $10)
I-76 owned bones. I really wish they'd remake it for modern systems.
thanks for that site....I'll check it out.
and yes i76 fucking rocked - it was ahead of its time me thinks - a littlebit like GTA, you know?
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by far the game I spent the most time playing was wolfenstein enemy territory. It is a first person shooter, but not a realistic one like COD. I played it A LOT. Even now every couple months I loaded it up and play for a few hours.
I used to play RTCW multiplayer a lot. Never did get around
to trying Enemy Territory, though.
I played Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, though. Didn't like it
too much, but I didn't give it too much time.
I treat RTCW multiplayer the same as ET - I played lots of both...but ET had a huuuuuuge community. That is the only time I did the whole clan thing. Still talk to some of those guys every couple of months...one even helped me move in when I lived in Colorado.
I preordered ET: Quake wars but never got it. I played the beta version a few times but did not get into it.
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i went on that site cheez linked to and immediately saw two games I wish I picked - Police Quest Swat 2 and Rainbow Six
edit: swat reminded me of RB6
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ooooooooh tomrent too....that was a cool one
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/planescape_torment/
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hehehehe spend some time playing commandos too http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/commandos_ammo_pack
1999 was an awesome year for games
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holy shit, sorry for the spam, I wish I knew about the site before we started the draft :)
I loved lords of the realm! http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/lords_of_the_realm_royal_edition
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Too many to list, but couple of notable mentions:
Kings Quest
Baldurs Gate/Neverwinter Nights
Oddworld
Zork
Descent
Wing Commander
Masters of Orion
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MOO 2!!
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bunch of stuff
Haha I think I hooked one!
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OK, so my quick list will be in two types.
iPhone:
I Dig It
Airport Challenge
Peggle (already mentioned)
Jet Car Stunts
Harbor Master
Shopping Cart Hero
Veggie Samurai
Pocket God
Westbang
PC Games:
Any Hitman game that wasn't previously mentioned
18 Wheels of Steel - stupid, but somehow fun... I like to drive shit
Madden 08... was this already mentioned?
NBA 02 - or something like that, I should really get another NBA game
NFS - any version that hasn't been previously mentioned
I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting but those are the standouts for me.
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Angry Birds
Mech 2 - especially multiplayer
Neverwinter Nights
Masters of Orion 2 (You just made me rebuy it off Good Old Games)
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NHL 94
First 3 Monkey Island Games
Worms 2
Any of the Total War games
Grim Fandango
The Longest Journey
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Grim rocks. You finish it?
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I never did, no :(
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Mario 64 (I would have taken it but I already had zelda).
The original "Ice Hockey" for the NES (you build your team as a combination of skinny, medium, and fat guys.. remember?) i played the crap out of this game.
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I never did, no :(
Nor did I. I made it to the third stage I think...
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I can't find my CDs for it anymore but I did download it recently. Maybe I'll start over
I downloaded the soundtrack for it, too, which is awesome.
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Mario 64 (I would have taken it but I already had zelda).
Same here... it was at the top of my list since the other was taken but I had too many other genres game types I wanted in there.
My list:
Mario Kart 64
Megamania
Ninja Gaiden
Medal of Honor
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
Video Pinball
zwok-game
Where In the World is Carmen San Diego
Oregon Trail
Peggle
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I can't find my CDs for it anymore but I did download it recently. Maybe I'll start over
I downloaded the soundtrack for it, too, which is awesome.
ethic is it acceptable to download a game that I've purchased?
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I can't find my CDs for it anymore but I did download it recently. Maybe I'll start over
I downloaded the soundtrack for it, too, which is awesome.
Steam?
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I'm not going to re-buy it. I already do that too often.
edit: It's not on Steam or GOG. Lucasarts is stupid with their older games and never re-releases them unless they're totally remade (see: Monkey Island series)
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Bummer. I would have purchased it on Steam.
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Right but using that logic, once I buy the physical disc I should be able to copy it to my hard drive and do whatever I want with it.
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Why not, I own it
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But you're not buying it for the plastic, you're buying it for the information on the disc. CDs are easily damaged and morally I should be able to backup the media I've paid for.
Sorry bro, you're really not going to make me feel bad for downloading a game I actually paid for just because it is not offered on Steam
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I am wearing Tim Schafer's skin right now
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PUT THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN!
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When we gettin this going charlie
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Today. Yesterday I was busy with being a doting husband and father and trying to fit real work in at the same time.
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You're neglecting your Internet Family :mad:
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Whoohoo, just found out about the golden eggs in Angry Birds. Bonus levels!
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He was doting.
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Done.
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I love how many views this fucker has :D
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I was surprised and pleased that years later I still stand by my choices. But then I realized it's because I don't play games any more so of course nothing will change.
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When I read the title I didn't see the draft part and was wondering if we were talking about Stranded Deep which is literally a deserted island video game.