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UshiromiyaEva posted...

I don't think Giant Bomb has ever been the same since that PUBG win. Website just didn't mean the same thing to me anymore. Doesn't help that the game completely faded into irrelevance basically immediately after that.

Usually the screaming and arguing of their GotY was the best part but it just wasn't the same that year. Abby didn't help. I liked Abby a lot in general but she was really, really bad in GotY, and you could argue her presence lead to the format change that made GotY a total boring snozefest for the years that follow (I don't even listen to it anymore)

Thats not fair at all. Abby didnt stonewall any more than Brad (and unlike Brad she had somebody backing her up) but got a mountain of harassment for it because you know why. She was also anti-PUBG If the reaction led to a change (and I think it had been brewing anyway) that ones on some of the fans for losing their minds. Of course the format has changed numerous times over the years before and after with many great moments since. I would argue that if they had the current format for ranking the list then, nothing bad would have happened and it would have been a more enjoyable listen with a better end list. Though theres no saving Best World.

Hey, I was the one who did the Eurovision calculations for previous years they read out on the Bombcast and the consensus from both the crew and the audience was oh these lists are actually better! In 2017 Mario Odyssey would have won, Nier Automata would have been number two, Cuphead would indeed have been higher, and to play to your own personal tastes BotW would have fallen to number five! Also Saints Row would have won in 2011.