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ZenOfThunder
02/28/24 12:25:59 PM
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Oh hi, I didn't see you come in. Thanks for stopping by. Welcome to Chez Zen, the humble home of ZenOfThunder. Some of you, my oldest Board 8 friends, may know me by my real name: Rush Moore.

Thanks for participating in all of my Mount Rushmore topics. As you are all probably aware, I will be abroad the next week, visiting the exotic Orlando, Florida. I may be riding the Spider-Man ride.

While I'm away, please tend to my sitting room. Below are the previous results and nominations. Please take this time to suggest some new Rushmores and second some noms on the Google Sheet!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uCR-viOTP-yKhRZnTyvaoXj7teKRA12gz7m-1rfmhoY/ (Two sheets)

Here's the schedule for when I return:

3/06: Video Game Villains
3/07: Cereal Mascots (National Cereal Day)
3/08: First Ladies of the United States (Int'l Womens' Day)
3/09: Sonic the Hedgehog Songs
3/10: Super Mario 64 levels (Mario Day)
3/11: Video Game Considered "Art"
3/12: Video Game Urban Legends
3/13: Rappers
3/14: Disney Songs
3/15: Cryptids
3/16: Movie Villains
3/17: Green Characters (St. Patrick's Day Special)

Here is your Bad Video Games Rushmore. Sonic and CD-i Zelda were close for the first page but CD-i Zelda got almost no support after that and fell way behind. The top 4 were never really in contention. Thank god Custer's Revenge did not make it.

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An announcement: On 3/11 I am starting a new job, and I will begin posting new topics at night instead of in the morning.

Thank you to everyone who has been actively participating in these Rushmore topics. This started kind of as a joke but has turned into one of my favorite projects I have ever done on this board.

I genuinely believe this is one of few communities on the internet where this topic series can do consistently well and while we stay mostly cordial no matter the subject matter (with the exception of pizza toppings). I'm going to do my best to keep this going as long as possible. Love you Board 8.

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NO POKEMON

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mnk
02/28/24 12:30:17 PM
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"Superman for the Hedgehog 2006"

Maybe this is the Superman game we've actually been waiting for.

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NFUN
02/28/24 12:35:01 PM
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I started daily Rushmore discussions with coworkers and they've now begun making their own for new topics. what have I done?

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mcflubbin
02/28/24 12:37:15 PM
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Tag.

Enjoy your vacation!

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ctesjbuvf
02/28/24 12:42:09 PM
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I discuss a bunch of these in real life too. It's fun!

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ZenOfThunder
02/28/24 12:51:53 PM
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NFUN posted...
I started daily Rushmore discussions with coworkers and they've now begun making their own for new topics. what have I done?

while I was typing up this topic my Wife was browsing YouTube and said "look it's that stupid thing you do!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zs9EB0TISs

the Rushmore mind virus is spreading

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Steiner
02/28/24 12:54:20 PM
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ZenOfThunder posted...
my Wife was browsing YouTube and said "look it's that stupid thing you do!"

'babe you have to be more specific'

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lordjers
02/28/24 1:24:38 PM
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I deeply regret forgetting about Action 52, that cart alone is enough for 13 Rushmores!

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Johnbobb
02/28/24 1:34:08 PM
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mnk posted...
"Superman for the Hedgehog 2006"

Maybe this is the Superman game we've actually been waiting for.
Unpopular opinion but Super Man for the Hedgehog 2006 was better than the original

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swirIdude
02/28/24 1:53:44 PM
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NFUN posted...
I started daily Rushmore discussions with coworkers and they've now begun making their own for new topics. what have I done?

Next up: get them to make GameFAQs accounts and vote in our Mount Rushmores.

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Raka_Putra
02/28/24 1:53:47 PM
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Thanks for running it so far and good luck with the new job.

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Steiner
02/28/24 2:00:24 PM
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swirIdude posted...
Next up: get them to make GameFAQs accounts and vote in our Mount Rushmores.

no fuck that, invite us to the group chat and we can vote in theirs

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ZenOfThunder
02/28/24 2:11:14 PM
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the only Mount Rushmore I discussed IRL with friends was the Wrestlers one, and they were all confused how El Santo got on there

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Steiner
02/28/24 2:18:44 PM
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ZenOfThunder posted...
the only Mount Rushmore I discussed IRL with friends was the Wrestlers one, and they were all confused how El Santo got on there



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hylianknight3
02/28/24 2:25:01 PM
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Zen, I hope you have a good vacation, new job, and Pokemon-free pizza.

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Leonhart4
02/28/24 2:28:24 PM
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Squall should've made the non-Noble Nine Rushmore but what do I know

At least we kept extra cheese and Custer's Revenge off (and yes I grouped them together deliberately)

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Raka_Putra
02/28/24 2:28:25 PM
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I just realized that, having four members, Mount Rushmore is roughly the equivalent of this as well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Heavenly_Kings

The reason why there's an Elite Four in Pokemon (they're called Shitenno/Four Heavenly Kings in Japanese).

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Leonhart4
02/28/24 3:39:44 PM
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Who did ChatGPT select for the bad video game Rushmore?

Also as a sports fan, Rushmore discussions aren't uncommon, so there's something about the "four and only four" format that inspires debate.

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ZenOfThunder
02/28/24 3:44:17 PM
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Leonhart4 posted...
Who did ChatGPT select for the bad video game Rushmore?

Also as a sports fan, Rushmore discussions aren't uncommon, so there's something about the "four and only four" format that inspires debate.

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WE WERE SO CLOSE

it picked the wrong furry

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skulltrumpets
02/28/24 3:59:27 PM
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Enjoy your vacation! o/ Can confirm the Spider-Man ride is pretty rad.
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Waluigi1
02/28/24 4:02:57 PM
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Where did the idea for Mt Rushmore of ____ come from? Was it from Game Mess Decides by chance?

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ZenOfThunder
02/28/24 4:14:34 PM
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we had that two or three days where we were all posting shit like who is the 5th most iconic Mortal Kombat character and for some reason that turned into doing Rushmores in my head

no specific inspiration

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Leonhart4
02/28/24 4:17:23 PM
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Most iconic green character has me hyped for the Rushmore topic

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Bitto
02/28/24 4:31:37 PM
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Great topic series. It's analytical and argumentative enough to provide fun discussion points and it's broad enough to apply to a wide amount of topics. Even on just gaming, we can do so many of these. Though, it does kinda suck that if a certain franchise or character reaches a critical mass of popularity, it goes on so many different Rushmores (looking at you, pokemon)

Seconding:

American Landmarks
Canadian Mount Rushmore
Contest Upsets
Difficult Boss Battles
Non-American Movie Directors
Non-President Americans
Shonen Jump Protagonists
US Vice Presidents
Video Game Voice Actors

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Yesmar_
02/28/24 5:36:04 PM
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Since the Bad Fanbases topic was cancelled, I'll post my prospective list here. To be clear, I am not saying that I personally think these are the worst; they are just the four that I think are the most infamous. I mean, it should in actuality be all sports fandoms, but I don't know enough about sports to know if there's any clear fandom there that rises above the rest.

Insane Clown Posse
Sonic
Twilight
Disney Adults

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redrocket
02/28/24 5:38:03 PM
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Disney Adults? Really?

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Yesmar_
02/28/24 5:40:04 PM
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redrocket posted...
Disney Adults? Really?

This is not my personal opinion. Just who gets shit on the most.

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hombad46
02/28/24 5:46:26 PM
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Homestuck was pretty infamous during its time

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Leonhart4
02/28/24 6:12:06 PM
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Star Wars should be on there

Or maybe just LMS

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Waluigi1
02/28/24 6:12:20 PM
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ZenOfThunder posted...
we had that two or three days where we were all posting shit like who is the 5th most iconic Mortal Kombat character and for some reason that turned into doing Rushmores in my head

no specific inspiration
Ah so just a weird coincidence then lol. They started doing Mt Rushmore segments sometime last year.

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Waluigi1
02/28/24 6:13:04 PM
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I thought the Rick and Morty fanbase was considered one of the worst.

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rwlh
02/28/24 6:15:24 PM
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These topics are fun, thanks for running them!

Circling back to an earlier idea of mine: "Mean Rushmore," where you have a restricted group of five things and we vote for which one to exclude. Somebody gave some good suggestions after I came up with the idea but I don't think it's come up since.
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Wanglicious
02/28/24 6:17:38 PM
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MLP is definitely missing on that list. bronies are a whole other category right up there with Sonic.
maybe Steven Universe.

Twilight is mocked heavily but i don't think i'd put it with the others.


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MacArrowny
02/28/24 6:20:17 PM
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Call of Duty fanbase should be on the bad fanbase list.

Which fanbase uses racial slurs more?

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LiquidOshawott
02/28/24 6:21:38 PM
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Pro Wrestling
Star Wars
Sonic
League of Legends

first four to come to mind for bad fanbases

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Xeybozn
02/28/24 6:22:43 PM
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Yesmar_ posted...
I mean, it should in actuality be all sports fandoms, but I don't know enough about sports to know if there's any clear fandom there that rises above the rest.

I assume the rules would have specified "fanbases of fictional works only" or something like that. Otherwise it would probably go in some very awkward directions very fast.

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HaRRicH
02/29/24 4:16:04 AM
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Safe travels and congrats on the job!

Nominate: chefs

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ZenOfThunder
02/29/24 6:25:32 PM
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Bring
Up
My
Post
Orpah


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Natalie
03/01/24 5:03:07 AM
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Nominate:
Pokemon towns

Second:
Board games
Beatles songs
Emo songs
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Dantezoid
03/01/24 2:14:52 PM
#40:


Nominate us presidents mount rushmore 4

Looking for the 5-8 picks thats aren't on one or two

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ZenOfThunder
03/01/24 2:16:46 PM
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Yeah we can keep doing presidents Rushmores until we are out of presidents

alternatively we can do bad presidents Mount Rushmore but I dont know if that will get too heated

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KamikazePotato
03/01/24 2:50:03 PM
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Bring on the heat

Board 8 needs more SPICE these days

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skulltrumpets
03/01/24 3:06:17 PM
#43:


Can't be worse than the cheese topping debate

Right?

Right??
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ZenOfThunder
03/01/24 4:53:18 PM
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Going to do non-marvel, non-DC superheroes (one per franchise)

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Leonhart4
03/01/24 4:55:22 PM
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so does that mean we have to pick one Ninja Turtle and one Power Ranger

(The Power Ranger is obviously Tommy but still)

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rwlh
03/01/24 5:02:11 PM
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jcgamer107
03/01/24 6:51:55 PM
#47:


2nd Nicktoons

Zelda CDI got sold short, but I gotta say, kudos to you for using AI art in a way that I don't hate

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tazzyboyishere
03/02/24 1:59:21 PM
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Dang, I get why my east coast rappers and west coast rappers nominations were combined, but I partially did it because I didn't want to vote for Kanye or Eminem :(

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HaRRicH
03/02/24 2:54:07 PM
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That was my suggestion to combine them.

My bad, yo.

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ctesjbuvf
03/02/24 3:22:31 PM
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tazzyboyishere posted...
Dang, I get why my east coast rappers and west coast rappers nominations were combined, but I partially did it because I didn't want to vote for Kanye or Eminem :(

There's an easy answer there though

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