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MechanicalWall posted...

Not all indies are born the same. Hollow Knight very easily could in the top 3 or 5 strongest indies in the bracket. I highly doubt V has the same sauce.

Yeah, VVVVVV isn't special on the indie scene.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 5/8
Today's Picks: ME2, FO4, Borderlands 2, HZD

Advokaiser posted...

LOL VVVVVV winning the board vote.

Ya go my VVVVVV.

IIRC the Fallout series has always had a bad board vote.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 5/8
Today's Picks: ME2, FO4, Borderlands 2, HZD

Bloodstained is not giving up...

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 5/8
Today's Picks: ME2, FO4, Borderlands 2, HZD

Fallout 4 and Borderlands 2 in the lead.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 5/8
Today's Picks: ME2, FO4, Borderlands 2, HZD

I guess the board really hates Fortnite

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 3/4
Today's Picks: MH:W, WotWW, TWD, DQXI

Resident Evil going even with Mass Effect 2

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 3/4
Today's Picks: MH:W, WotWW, TWD, DQXI

I mean, as long as it was made with an account that hasn't blocked people I imagine it'll be fine.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 3/4
Today's Picks: MH:W, WotWW, TWD, DQXI

Mass Effect 2 - 66.25%
Fallout 4 - 71.35%
Borderlands 2 - 62.72%
Horizon Zero Dawn - 63.88%

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 3/4
Today's Picks: MH:W, WotWW, TWD, DQXI

25% on Resident Evil 7: biohazard (+36)
25% on Fallout 4 (-38)
25% on Borderlands 2 (-16)
25% on Fortnite (+37)

Forgot to place my bets, it's been the same for the past two days.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 3/4
Today's Picks: MH:W, WotWW, TWD, DQXI

Mass Effect 2
Fallout 4
Borderlands 2
Horizon Zero Dawn

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 3/4
Today's Picks: MH:W, WotWW, TWD, DQXI

People often confuse independents with moderates, independents are quite a diverse group ranging from people right of Republicans, left of Democrats, anti-government and just plain apathetic.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 3/4
Today's Picks: MH:W, WotWW, TWD, DQXI

Same with the Pokemon games.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

UshiromiyaEva posted...

The biggest problem with the metacritic consideration is Deadly Premonition. I have no doubt it has more than enough nominations to make it in.

It's rated 6.8/10 on Meta Critic, despite the user scores I don't think it was able to get out of that hole.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

Monster Hunter: World - 61.52%
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 67.21%
The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series - 60.51%
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age - 69.11%

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

25% on Monster Hunter: World (-10)
25% on Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (-26)
25% on The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series (-18)
25% on The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (+44)

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

Monster Hunter: World
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

For the last games contest, SBAllen made sure no joke entries (games with low scores) were allowed in. I imagine the same principle was applied here as well.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

GameFAQs' demographics definetly does not help Life is Strange. Same reason why I need to bring out sale numbers for Animal Crossing when people call it a minor Nintendo series.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

Yeah, on most gaming sites (at least North American based) Halo would be crushing this match.

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

Speaking of Sekiro, I apparently took Wrath of the White Witch over it.

No idea why... This will likely be my worst pick of the bracket...

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

I took Hollow Knight without thinking. Sure most Indie games are weak, but HK is more of an exception. How much it's winning by is a bit surprising though...

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Game of the Decade 2 - Current Score: 0/0
Today's Picks: BotW, LiS, FFXV, Hollow Knight

Looks like Halo won't choke this match

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 85.24%
Life is Strange - 53.21%
Final Fantasy XV - 68.12%
Hollow Knight - 55.63%

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25% on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (-64)
25% on Life is Strange (+10%)
25% on What Remains of Edith Finch (+40%)
25% on Hollow Knight (+6%)

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Life is Strange
Final Fantasy XV
Hollow Knight

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Hollow Knight
The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series
Fallout 4
DOOM


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Nine.

While I definitely play less now than when I was younger, I also didn't play a large selection of games back then due to costs.

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guffguy89 posted...

Now the talk about suicide is interesting, as suicide is already something that was happening a lot in the world before this pandemic even happened. There's no doubt this pandemic may lead some people to that. It's also possible people who would have committed suicide, now won't. It's kind of impossible to calculate.

Suicide rates will go up, there's no question about it. A lot of the services people use are running in limited capacity with more people being in stressful/bleak situations

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Whiskey_Nick posted...

https://twitter.com/Travisdhanraj/status/1242834501916598280

What happens to people who work part-time and weren't making $2000 a month? I doubt they would get a pay raise, but at the same time they may need the income

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2020 Summer Olympics have been postponed to at the latest summer 2021.

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SwiftyDC posted...

Perspective.

Yeah lots of respect for the front line workers. Us lab and research people are protected by working behind the scenes. Pretty much anyone that works with antimicrobial drug development is working on this whether it is preventative, treatment or vaccine. We are close to treating our first patient, just need the approval from Health Canada.

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Tulsi trying to go for a top 2 finish I see...

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KanzarisKelshen posted...

Finally found the explanation of how Cali divides its delegates:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/29/california-presidential-primary-delegate-math/

Somebody find me a map of how many delegates each county gets and I will tell you exactly how many congressional delegates Bernie gets vs Biden.

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/CA-D

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This is what the results look like using The Green Papers, a site which does well in getting early results. This includes most of California (not sure how they are so confident though)...

Biden - 564
Sanders - 496
Bloomberg - 62
Warren - 48
Gabbard - 2
Buttigieg - 1
Remaining - 171

Of the remaining 58 are from Texas with the next highest being 23 in Colorado

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Here's what the standings look so far (according to the AP)

Biden - 341
Sanders - 296
Warren - 50
Bloomberg - 42
Gabbard - 1
Remaining - 614

Half of the remaining belongs to California while for some reason none of the North Carolina delegaes (110) have been allocated, but on different sites Biden has a 57-33 lead with 17 undeclared candidates. Even assuming Bloomberg remains unviable in California it is unlikely Sanders will be able to catch-up unless the remaining votes run up his score.

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DoomTheGyarados posted...

I am going to be honest, her actually bothering to stay in the race in order to get delegates is kind of amazing.

Even if they change the rules to prevent her from being at the debate, they likely can't prevent her from speaking at the DNC, especially if Biden fails to break 50%, though based on today's results that feels a bit unlikely.

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Politics Containment Topic 278: Tulsi Gets a Delegate Edition

I think she'll get two in American Samoa

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California more depends on how many people are viable. As soon as it's three, it'll be a bad night for Sanders.

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So what are the chances Bloomberg/Warren stay after today. At this point, Gabbard either ends it today or she's staying until the end.

Obvious both are playing to control the narrative rather than outright win. Bloomberg probably needs to be viable in a few states to stay. The other option would be if Biden gets more delegates than Sanders. This is a more Sanders tilted day (thanks to California) and if Biden can win then Bloomberg probably feels confident that he can carry himself.

While Warren would like to win her home state I feel her hopes rely on staying viable in California, the state alone would give her enough reason to stay and play for a brokered convention. Of course being viable in other states would be helpful or this would just be a delay of the inevitable.

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Leafeon13N posted...

With Buttiegieg dropping my prediction is we will be down to 3, maybe 2 candidates by Saturday.

It should be down to Sanders, Biden and Bloomberg, but I can see Klobuchar or Warren staying should they win their state and perhaps stay viable in a couple of others.

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Buttigieg dropping out will help more people become viable on Super Tuesday thus increasing the chance of a brokered convention.

Unless we are down to 2, maybe 3 candidates (minus Gabbard) after Super Tuesday it'll be hard/impossible for someone to have a majority.

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Looks like Biden did a bit better than I thought, but Sanders was able to stay viable so it's not the worst for him, but this does give Biden a bit of life to do something on Tuesday.

Steyer quitting after not being viable in SC is expected, but a part of me did think he would stay for Super Tuesday just for the hell of it.

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KamikazePotato posted...

Lots of good South Carolina Biden polls coming out. Averages out to about a +12 lead over Sanders according to 538.

Yeah he may be able to consolidate the moderate lane just in time before Super Tuesday.

The big question mark is how attached are Bloomberg voters, many of them were Biden voters that recently jumped ship

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Nelson_Mandela posted...

I'm interested in seeing who drops out after SC and if they throw an endorsement Biden's way. Steyer is probably a definite if he gets killed.

Steyer is the only one and even then he may just stay for the three extra days and drop out after (assuming he isn't viable in any state).

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Xeybozn posted...

Can anyone explain how Buttigieg has made it this far? I just don't how "Barack Obama, but with less charisma, substance, and experience" would appeal to anyone, and yet somehow he's one of the top-tier candidates.

He's been riding the Iowa wave, while he still has a boost he's on pace to get buried by next week.

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That would kick start Biden's campaign. While Sanders doesn't need to win SC he needs to stay viable

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Man, this thread would almost make me optimistic if I had any confidence in Amy/Pete/Bloomberg dropping out:

https://twitter.com/nate_cohn/status/1232409097330470912?s=21

Yeah, Sanders is certainly beatable, but it'll require the race be cut down to two or three candidates.

The goal for Super Tuesday is to get as many people above 15% in all of the states, particularly in California. If both Biden and Bloomberg break viability then Sanders is going to have a relatively weak night. He may still finish with the most delegates, but he'll likely by below 40%. Of course with both Klobuchar and Warren potentially winning states they may not want to drop out, especially as a brokered convention will look likely at that point.

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Based on the latest update (87%), Buttigieg's projected total is now down to 14.2%, he'll unlikely be viable statewide.

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Trying to calculate the delegates. As of now 72% of the vote is in and Buttigieg is below state-wide viability. Based on the remaining precincts and should they follow their county's vote total he will end up with 14.5%, just missing the mark (but still too close to say whether or not he will be viable).

Here's that the 36 delegate count looks like base on my calculations.

Sanders - 23
Biden - 10
Buttigieg - 2
Warren - 1

Note, this is assuming Clark county is uniform, which is unlikely true. The county has a presence in 3/4 congressional districts. This could mean Buttigieg is viable in one of the districts, while less likely Warren could also be viable somewhere too.

If Buttigieg becomes viable state-wide he'll pick up 2-3 more delegates.

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