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Poe had relevance in the story. Phasma could have been replaced by Stormtrooper number 318 for all that she mattered. She was just a Stormtrooper that received a named credit because she was female.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Giant2005 posted...

No.
Even if it turned out that all of the rumors about Trump were true (which they almost certainly aren't), none of them are actually crimes - without a crime there can be no impeachment.

Ya, the FBI investigate petty rumors and silly tittle-tattle all the time, that's like their job.

It sounds like you are being sarcastic, but the sarcasm really is unnecessary considering your description of their actual job was flawless.

No.
Even if it turned out that all of the rumors about Trump were true (which they almost certainly aren't), none of them are actually crimes - without a crime there can be no impeachment.

This is a hard one. It will have inflated scores due to having a female lead, but it will also have deflated scores due to being DC.
So it will probably balance out somewhere around the middle.

Read Blood Crazy by Simon Clark.

It is probably best not to generalize, but sometimes it must be done.

His sex life is his business. Perjury however, is a crime. His impeachment was deserved.

Military worship hurts those in the military more than it helps them.
The government carefully fostered the culture of military worship for one reason only: Cheaper soldiers.
Rather than provide enough incentive to do the job by offering that job a fair wage, they are offering a crappy wage that is subsidized by civilian worship.
By perpetuating the military worship, all you are doing is preventing the soldiers from getting a fair wage. Then again, you are also saving yourself a few tax dollars, so it is probably in your best interest to keep up with the military worship. It really just depends on what is more important to you: saving yourself a few bucks, or making sure the military are getting a fair wage.

Zero_Maniac posted...

Giant2005 posted...

Zero_Maniac posted...

Giant2005 posted...

Everyone should be in agreement here. Even good Christians would agree that the world would be better without religion, purely because it would end the bloodshed caused by the other religions. If you aren't willing to sacrifice your own religion for the good of mankind, then you aren't standing up for your religions ideals anyway.

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about, and should keep your mouth shut and fingers from typing about anything religious.

So the Christuan ideals don't have any objections to the constant and relentless mass murder of innocent people? I knew it was like that in the past, but I thought they grew out of that phase.

Define "innocent". I think that, if you do enough digging, you'll find that what they teach you at your Liberal public school isn't quite accurate, or the full picture. Also, Christian doctrine has never supported mass murder of innocents. Christians did that anyways because they had no idea what the Bible actually said until it was translated first to German by Luther, then other languages.

Firstly, I'm not a liberal.
Secondly, I'm just interpreting your words and actions.
I said that even Christians should agree that getting rid of religion would be a positive thing, because of all of the lives it would save. Christians are supposed to care about those lives.
Then you showed up and basically refuted the whole thing. If you are a fair representation of Christians, then apparently they do not care about those lives. Or at least, they don't care enough about those lives to be willing to give up the money and power generated by their own religion.
Either way, you are making some strong implications that Christians are not as altruistic as I gave them credit for.

Zero_Maniac posted...

Giant2005 posted...

Everyone should be in agreement here. Even good Christians would agree that the world would be better without religion, purely because it would end the bloodshed caused by the other religions. If you aren't willing to sacrifice your own religion for the good of mankind, then you aren't standing up for your religions ideals anyway.

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about, and should keep your mouth shut and fingers from typing about anything religious.

So the Christuan ideals don't have any objections to the constant and relentless mass murder of innocent people? I knew it was like that in the past, but I thought they grew out of that phase.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

DirtBasedSoap posted...

i don't think people understand what religion is lol

how do you get rid of something that's naturally in humans

Okay what is religion and how is it naturally in humans

Tell me

people are always looking for answers. that's what religion is. you can make Christianity, Islam , Judaism all disappear, but give it a little bit and people would find something else to parade around.

Yeah but these days we know many of the answers to the questions that religion was supposed to answer. Now our biggest questions are along the lines of "How do we stop these religious people from murdering us?"

Yeah but this thread isn't about getting rid of one religion, it is about getting rid of all religions. The others are just collateral damage.

Everyone should be in agreement here. Even good Christians would agree that the world would be better without religion, purely because it would end the bloodshed caused by the other religions. If you aren't willing to sacrifice your own religion for the good of mankind, then you aren't standing up for your religions ideals anyway.

Mead posted...

For anyone that doesn't have a dad then sorry but you can't participate. This is for dad havers only.

That is racist.

Does Vi Advance not count as a remake of Vi already?
Either way if that list were all we could choose from, I'd go with Viii. As stated by others, it is the most appropriate.

However if I could choose from off the list, I'd go with Vii. Sure Vii is already being remade, but a good remake would be nice to go along with the crappy one already in the works.

iiicon posted...

remake FF7 Remake

This.
They can take the remade graphics (and any expanded gameplay it might have) and add in the origina;, non-butchered, game mechanics.

(+10)
Rin Tohsaka (Fate/Stay Night)
Walter White (Breaking Bad)
Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Venom (Marvel Comics)
Revan (Knights of the Old Republic)

(+5)
Meta Knight (Kirby)
Edgar Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
Grand Admiral Thrawn (Star Wars)
Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

(-5)
Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)
Jean Grey (Marvel Comics)
Olaf (Frozen)
Jason Vorhees (Friday the 13th)
Sterling Archer (Archer)

(+10)
Vegeta (Dragonball Z)
Phil Coulson (Marvel's Agent of SHIELD)
Saul Goodman (Breaking Bad)
Starlord (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Fox Mulder (X-Files)

(+5)
Rick Grimes (Walking Dead)
Hulk (Marvel Comics)
Stone Cold Steve Austin (WWE)
Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption)
Jayne Cobb (Firefly)

(-5)
Michonne (Walking Dead)
Tigger (Winnie the Pooh)
Rose DeWitt (Titanic)
Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
Scarlet O'Hara (Gone with the Wind)

You aren't going to get any suggestions if people can't check whether or not you have already counted what they planned to suggest. And we can't check if you keep your spreadsheet permissions set to permission only.

If it was either hit her or get shot in the face or something, then I'd beat her down like a dog. I wouldn't do it if it wasn't necessary though and it would take some extreme circumstances for it to be necessary.

Baccano!

You are clearly a time traveler that was sent back to advertise for the Star Wars sequels. I knew Disney would be the first to try time travel advertising.

I'm new (to this board at least) but I'm not so sure I'll be sticking around.

Lieutenant Kettch posted...

It's too bad that 98 had not only the strongest game, but the strongest supporting games as well. The contest definitely would have been more interesting if that were mixed up a bit.

I agree.
They really should have gone by the initial release year rather than the U.S. release years. I think that would change things quite a bit (it would take Pokemon away from 98).

Baccano.

CaptainOfCrush posted...

I thought it was quite different. Here come the big spoilers. Please only read if you've already seen this movie or if you REALLY don't give a crap about the series plot.

My favorite part of Prometheus, by far, was the introduction of the Engineers. I loved the first scene when an Engineer dissolved himself to essentially create human DNA, I loved the buildup as the space crew uncovered more about the Engineers, and I really fucking loved the moment where they finally found a live one. That confrontation was probably my favorite moment in the series; I was so intrigued by this race and their motives - why they made humanity, why they wanted to destroy us, what it was they feared or desired. I felt you could have built an awesome series of movies around that.

In Alien: Covenant, the entire race of Engineers are killed in a single two-minute flashback. It was probably the most disappointing movie scene I've watched in years, because it pissed away ALL the potential that Prometheus built, and it reduced the Engineers to a mere plot point.

So basically, David and the lone surviving female from the last movie (Dr. Shaw?) are flying the huge spaceship from the last movie and find the Engineers' home planet. As soon as they arrive, David drops a ton of Xenomorph bio-bombs on the population, infecting and killing all of them. That's the only time we see any Engineers during the whole movie. That lone two-minute scene where they all die.

Another space crew discovers this planet a decade later. There are no more Engineers or anything interesting. There's just Xenomorphs and David, who has since killed/experimented on Dr. Shaw and is now a textbook "mad scientist" trope. He loves to cultivate and experiment on Xenomorphs because he thinks they're the "perfect organism." He's egotistical and hates humans and wants the Xenomorphs to infect them all.

And I guess enough people consider this more interesting than the Engineers from the last movie. To each their own, but... I just don't get it.

That is really tragic.
I had high hopes for this movie, but it doesn't even sound worth watching.

PoIl6177 posted...

I mean honestly, you really think it's legitimate that a piece of shit like Undertale beat Melee? Or that their fanbase is even 1/100th as dedicated as Melee's?

What I think is irrelevant - the votes went to Undertale, so in that moment it was objectively true that their fanbase was more dedicated.
But I do agree with Undertale being a piece of shit and personally do not think it deserved the win.

I can see your point in how it makes those results less useful to draw future conclusions from. That wasn't really my objection - my objection was that it sounds like people are trying to discredit the wins in those instances, regardless of the fact that in that moment, those rallied wins were well deserved. In that moment, that game/character/whatever was the most beloved.

Why is everyone treating a rally as if it is some abnormality that obscures the data? A game having a fanbase dedicated enough to rally for it is part of its inherent strength.

FFX + Golden Sun > FF7

Gurren Lagann.

Mentioning Nier Automata like that made me wonder if they bothered mentioning Nier in 2010 (they didn't). With all of the buzz Automata has been getting, Nier probably would have been an asset in that year.
Although I'm not really sure how it lost even without Nier in the mix - Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 should have been plenty enough to beat 2002's offerings.

Baccano!

It doesn't matter what happens in this competition. The real winners are 2001 and 2000. They are the only non-90s years that managed to go head to head with a 90s year and come away the victor. That is a much more difficult achievement than actually winning the competition.

3DSRage posted...

My cousin was like 5'8-5'9 at that age. She had the same problem with her school. Thankfully, social media wasn't as stupid as it was now, so it was a problem between the school and the parent, and not a WORLD ISSUE.

It is only an issue to the most mentally damaged people out there. Everyone else understands what a dress code actually means.
If I went to a fancy restaurant and was turned away for wearing sneakers and gym shorts; any crusade I waged against that restaurant on those grounds would be met with mockery and condemnation. This "feminist" deserves the exact same response.

Baccano!

This is an incredible game - it is a real tragedy how overlooked it is. As far as RPGs go, it is one of the all-time greats - I'd put it right up there with Chrono Trigger and FF6.

Haste_2 posted...

1996's lack of depth is being exposed with the dual-pictures. Meanwhile, 1997's new inclusions of the N64 versions of Mario Kart and Star Fox are likely strengthening the year. We'll see if it can keep this up, though.

Not really. Those pictures are just straight up sabotage.
There are plenty of options that could (and should) have been used over the likes of Suikoden, Metal Slug, and Nights into Dreams.
Any of Duke Nuken 3D, Quake, Resident Evil, Tekken 2, and Diablo would have been undeniably better choices.

Where are you guys getting this? A couple of hours ago 95 was behind by less than 500 votes. Now it is behind by more than 600. The gap is widening.

charmander6000 posted...

I imagine 1996's picture will be...

Super Mario 64
Super Mario RPG
Resident Evil
Crash Bandicoot
Tomb Raider
Kirby Super Star (or DKC3)
Nights into Dreams...
Quake (or Diablo)

I think that's a good balance between strength and diversity

For comparison here's 1997

Final Fantasy VII
GoldenEye 007
Castlevania: SotN
Mario Kart 64 (or Diddy Kong Racing)
Star Fox 64
PaRappa the Rapper
Fallout (or Age of Empires or The Curse of Monkey's Island)
Tekken 3

That looks pretty good, but I really think you should ditch Nights into Dreams for the sake of Tekken 2. Tekken is one of the best selling franchises in history and Tekken 2 was pretty much right in its prime. Plus I don't think many people have even heard of Nights into Dreams - I had to look it up.

You should also replace Castlevania with Ultima Online in 97 imo. Castlevania is a big franchise, but a middling game in a big franchise can't compete with the grand daddy of the MMO genre. There are a lot of MMO players out there that are prepared to support the roots of their hobby.
Wait... Surely 97 needs to get its credit for Grand Theft Auto? PaRappa needs to take a hike too.

These are what I would plot for the top 8 of each category year (following the American release conventions and ignoring Street Fighter because I have no idea which year it is being given to):

96: Duke Nukem 3D, Super Mario RPG, Resident Evil, Quake, Super Mario 64, Crash Bandicoot, Red Alert, Tekken 2, Diablo. One more needs cut there and I think it has to be either Duke Nukem 3D or Quake. Which of those is better regarded these days?

97: Final Fantasy Vii, Mario Kart 64, Tekken 3, Need for Speed 2, Goldeneye 007, Grand Theft Auto, Fallout, Ultima Online.


Are there any candidates that are more important than any that have been mentioned there?

CaptainOfCrush posted...

I think we're only factoring in original/unique games. Pokemon RBGY are basically lumped into one entrant, and it happens to fall in 1998. Otherwise, like half the 1990s would have some Street Fighter II game eligible (which I wouldn't be opposed to but hey).

That makes sense.
It also makes it a bit easier narrowing down 96's top 8, so that is a bit of a boon too.

CaptainOfCrush posted...

Giant2005 posted...

Wait... Why doesn't Pokemon count for 96?

We're going by U.S. releases since this is a U.S. site and a huge majority of GameFAQs visitors are from North America. Going by Japanese release dates would just make this contest more confusing than it already is.

It seems you are right. Final Fantasy is credited at 1990 rather than its actual release of 1987 too... But on the other hand, games that haven't seen a U.S. release are still being acknowledged (like Final Fantasy 5); so by that metric 96 should at least get credited for Pokemon Green right?

Wait... Why doesn't Pokemon count for 96?

Man where I am from Destruction Derby was the bomb! It is probably the most highly regarded racing franchise (or at least it was before it vanished). The only thing that competes with it is the NFS franchise.

transcience posted...

8 games hurts it. 96 has to really dig into the back catalog - Tomb Raider and DKC3 and Kirby Super Star and some other early PS1 games. it probably won't get all the SNES classics that you would want.

I think 8 games actualy hlps 96. 96 was a pretty stacked year.

96: Pokemon R/G, Duke Nukem 3d, Mega Man X3, Civilization 2, Time Crisis, Super Mario RPG, Kirby Super Star, Resident Evil, Metal Slug, Quake, Super Mario 64, Tekken 2, Elder Scrolls 2, Crash Bandicoot, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Red Alert, Destruction Derby 2, Dead or Alive, Killer Instinct Gold, Megaman 8, Diablo, NBA Hangime.

I don't really know which 8 I would choose. Probably something like this: Pokemon R/G, Duke Nukem 3D, Civilization 2, Super Mario RPG, Resident Evil, Time Crisis, Quake, Super Mario 64, Crash Bandicoot, Red Alert, Tekken 2, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Diablo.
Well it might look like I can't count, but that is me not being able to narrow the list any further.

I agree. Breath of Fire 1 was way better than BoF 2. If a sequel can't meet the standards of the original, then it should not be considered.

Die Hard.

You can't compare the game responsible for the entire FPS genre, to a run of the mill platformer and somehow come out thinking the platformer is superior.

charmander6000 posted...

Giant2005 posted...

Well I'm not so good at the mind reading thing, so I have no idea what people will give a crap about or not (I'm a little surprised though considering this is a gaming site).
Xo what about 96 then? If it had proper credit for Pokemon, it would take down 98 and fairly easily really:

96: Pokemon, Duke Nukem 3d, Mega Man X3, Civilization 2, Time Crisis, Super Mario RPG, Kirby Super Star, Resident Evil, Metal Slug, Quake, Super Mario 64, Tekken 2, Elder Scrolls 2, Crash Bandicoot, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Red Alert, Destruction Derby 2, Dead or Alive, Killer Instinct Gold, Megaman 8, Diablo, NBA Hangime.

98: Ocarina of Time, Baldur's Gate, Half Life, Gran Turismo, Resident Evil 2, Age of Empires, MGS, Yoshi, Starcraft, 1080 Snowboarding, Unreal, Banjo-Kazooie, Spyro, NFS 3, FO 2, Grim Fandango, Oddworld.

The only X-factor that is stopping it from being a clear-cut victory for 96, is that unlike 92, it doesn't have a clear cut winner up against OoT.

First, outside of a handful of games GameFAQs doesn't care about PC exclusives. Second the average voter isn't be able to rattle off 10+ games from each year, they barely even make it to the end of the picture rotation.

1998 without one of OoT or Pokemon RBY would probably still win excluding picture sabotage. Maybe 2001 could put up a fight.

I'm talking which is the better year of gaming, not which is likely to get the most votes.

Januzaj_Dragon posted...

Giant2005 posted...

CaptainOfCrush posted...

Giant2005 posted...

Do you think 98 would have still taken down 92 if Pokemon was in 96 where it belongs?

Yes, and 98 would probably still be favored to win the contest. It was a really loaded year.

But is that just a knee-jerk reaction?
ALttP > OoT
Ultima Vii > Baldur's Gate
Wolfenstein 3D > Half-Life
Virtua Racing > Gran Turismo
Alone in the Dark > Resident Evil 2
Dune 2 > Age of Empires

And those are just the direct comparisons. What is left?
Mega Man 4 and 5, Final Fantasy 5, Kirby, Ecco, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario Land 2, Mortal Kombat, Sonic 2, Street Fighter 2 vs MGS, Yoshi, Starcraft, 1080 Snowboarding, Unreal, Banjo-Kazooie, Spyro, NFS 3, FO 2, Grim Fandango, Oddworld

Unless I am forgetting something big about 98, I just don't really see how it would compete with 92 if Pokemon was put in its original release year of 96. Although I could see an argument for 1080 Snowboarding bringing 98 out ahead - 92 really didn't have any sports games to offer.

What are you talking about? your opinion or Actual Gfaqs Contest?

If it's the former then fine thats your opinion. If it's the latter you must have been born yesterday or something.

If you had a poll 1992 vs OoT. OoT would win. on it's own. So I dont' see what you're getting at.

I'm not saying it could hold up in a popularity contest, I am only talking about the actual quality on offer. Sure OoT is a champ when it comes to popularity, but you would have to be insane to think it was a better, or more important game than ALttP.