1. In this contest, you only vote for a game if you’ve played both games in its’ match. Both games. This is important. 2. You have to have played them yourself, physically. Reading a Let’s Play is not playing. Watching your friend or youtube is not playing. Disliking a genre is not playing. Playing the prequel/sequel is not playing. You’re the judge of how long you need to play a game before it’s fair to vote, but you probably shouldn’t be voting for/against a 40-hour RPG if you’ve played the first 5 minutes. 3. All ports & remakes are grouped together. You can vote for RBY if you’ve only played FireRed. 4. Please vote honestly. There are plenty of contests where you can vote any way you want. The entire purpose of this contest is ruined if people don’t honor the honor system. 5. In the event of a tiebreaker, the game with less C/D votes moves on. 6. One vote per person. Rallying is allowed if the people rallied also vote fairly and by the rules. Whichever game has more votes from people who have played both games (i.e. Choice A vs. Choice B) moves on. Matches last 24 hours. 7. If a game has been played by less than 8 people, it is auto-eliminated.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas vs. Silent Hill 2 A. I’ve played both. Vote: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas B. I’ve played both. Vote: Silent Hill 2 C. I haven’t played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. D. I haven’t played Silent Hill 2. E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors vs. Portal A. I’ve played both. Vote: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors B. I’ve played both. Vote: Portal C. I haven’t played Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. D. I haven’t played Portal. E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.
Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica vs. Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations [5] A. I’ve played both. Vote: Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica [0] B. I’ve played both. Vote: Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations [16] C. I haven’t played Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica. [1] D. I haven’t played Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations. [10] E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 vs. Elite Beat Agents [11] A. I’ve played both. Vote: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 [4] B. I’ve played both. Vote: Elite Beat Agents [1] C. I haven’t played Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3. [7] D. I haven’t played Elite Beat Agents. [9] E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.
Total Votes: 32
Persona 3 handles EBA. Ar Tonelico II shuts out Phoenix Wright 3...but only 6 people have played it, so it gets auto-eliminated. Them's the breaks!
Not sure what you mean by 'keeping' it. It's been in the opening post for a while now, and referenced several times when games were auto-eliminated that lost the match anyway.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas vs. Silent Hill 2 A. I’ve played both. Vote: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas B. I’ve played both. Vote: Silent Hill 2 C. I haven’t played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. D. I haven’t played Silent Hill 2. E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors vs. Portal A. I’ve played both. Vote: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors B. I’ve played both. Vote: Portal C. I haven’t played Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. D. I haven’t played Portal. E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.
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The auto elimination rule is really stupid and yesterday illustrates that pretty well considering Ar Tonelico 2 got 10 votes last round where both had played it but suddenly this round it "became" too obscure and was eliminated.
A rule where elimination depends on total vote input is stupid. The number is totally arbitrary too.
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Lopen posted... The auto elimination rule is really stupid and yesterday illustrates that pretty well considering Ar Tonelico 2 got 10 votes last round where both had played it but suddenly this round it "became" too obscure and was eliminated.
A rule where elimination depends on total vote input is stupid. The number is totally arbitrary too.
Don't really agree with the first thing. It's basically saying that "If more of its fans had showed up to vote, it would still be here" when that applies to every contest ever. If you don't want your game to lose, show up to vote.
Don't really agree with the number being arbitrary either as it was based on prior results, but the rule being based on total votes might be something that should be changed. Thinking about that one. If you have any ideas there, go ahead.
Yeah, you arbitrarily set it at that to selectively eliminate the Fairy Tale game or whatever. That doesn't mean it's not stupid.
And the difference between "voters not showing up" in normal contests and here is the spirit of the rule is just to eliminate games that are too obscure (which kinda undermines the whole idea behind the contest to some extent but that's not the big point here)-- not games that don't have a devoted enough following to show up.
If you want a less stupid way of doing it set it at a percentage of the votes for the day. Of course if you want an even less stupid way of doing it scrap the rule completely.
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I didn't make the rule to get rid of Fairy Tale. Percentage could work and is what I was thinking of doing (although any % I choose would probably get labeled as an arbitrary number anyway).
Oh? I'm pretty sure the whole point of setting it at 8 was because EWR had 9 people that played it and was the second lowest playership of the round? Sounds like targeting the game to me. Why else would you pick 8. Was there a method there? If not, well the rule pretty much just is "name an arbitrary number" and that's why I disagree with it. (that and it being introduced mid contest)
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