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Welcome to the newest take on this topic series!

Rules:
- Obvious contest rules apply (no alts, one vote per person, no rallying, etc.). I reserve the right to change and enforce the rules at my discretion.
- Voting lasts indefinitely. A new topic will be put up every weekday and sometimes on weekends, but you will be allowed to vote retroactively for any band that we have done previously. Just list the band(s) you are voting for in your post.
- Please do not delete your post, but editing your vote is fine. You may not edit your vote after the next voting topic starts, however. Your votes will not be edited or removed retroactively.
- If you have voted today or are a regular participant, feel free to nominate a band/artist! You may nominate 2 bands per topic, but you may not nominate the same band more than once. The band with the most nominations will go next in line.
- Discussion is encouraged, but please keep it civil and respect the tastes of other users. I know not everyone likes the same kinds of music but try to be nice.
- Please vote for songs only found in Studio Albums, EPs, Singles, or other official recordings. I will not normally accept votes for any other songs(but if you make a good case I may change my mind). Songs in which the artist is featured are not eligible for vote.
- Voting is done in the format of +3, +2, +1. I will explain further and give examples of how you can vote below:

You may choose to give points to up to 3 songs by the selected band or artist. The more songs you rank, the more points you can give!

For example, let's say that the the band to be ranked is Mouse Rat. If I were ranking my top 3, I would present them in this format:

+3 The Pit
+2 5000 Candles in the Wind
+1 Sex Hair

If another user only knew or wanted to rank 1 song from the band, he would vote in this manner:

+1 November

The users who have a better familiarity with the artist will have more influence than users who only know one song. That way, the best song (but not necessarily the most well known song) hopefully wins.

I'm always open to suggestions on how to run this contest, so feel free to give me your input. With that said, let's get started!

Today's Band: Bob Dylan
Discography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan_discography

Next: Deerhunter


Vote form:

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Let the votes begin. Nominate the next band that you would like to see!

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angry birds

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http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/63179478/706294634

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From: TRE Public Account | #030

What kind of fraud is this supposed to prevent? Why does it only apply to digital copies?

Easy. Stolen credit card buys a digital copy of the game, and the farmer farms in the game for coin or auction house items and manages to sell them before getting banned for using a stolen credit card. Rinse and repeat.

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+3 Knights of Cydonia
+2 Time is Running Out
+1 Sunburn

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From: yazzy14 | #002

why couldn't he stay under until the train was past?

I'm pretty sure he was freaking out too much to do it. Probably got a feeling of claustrophobia or something similar.

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72 degrees

:P

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It's surely a fraud prevention measure, and probably wouldn't have been necessary without the f***ing auction house.

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'whoops'

Seriously, I am tallying things up right now so expect a new topic in an hour or two.

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F2P games drastically lower the barrier of entry to a game, which allows more people to play and pay less money. F2P works best for online games, where community size is one of the biggest assets.

Microtransactions allow games like LoL, TF2, Tribes: Ascend, and so on to reach a large audience that they never could have had otherwise. They allow players to select the depth of their experience; some players may want to spend nothing, some may spend just $15, and another may want to spend $100. The consumer gets to decide how much he wants to pay.

That being said, I don't believe the EA statement, because single player focused games will always work better with the lump fee system that is the standard now.

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I f***ing hate animals

except for the cute ones

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heh

cool

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[This message was deleted at the request of ertyu's mom]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/664696-save-the-furries

Unless we are saving furries from themselves

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Just act in real life how you act on the board and they will soon stop trying to hang out with you.

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kirby i think

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ya I request you stop posting plaese

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I don't think I would play the game even if it were free.

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From: Great_Paul | #003

ninkendo posted...

nope

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your

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From: Ayuyu | #031

I literally use my cellphone once every full moon.

OBJECTION

Full moon was 2 weeks ago, and yet you claim to have used your phone today.

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From: StifledSilence | #031

hot ginger

wat

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This is what your tax money is used (wasted) on, people

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if you are going to throw it half way, might as well throw it all the way

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beating a s*** game

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stop complaining about something you volunteered to do at a job you are quitting anyway.

for f***'s sake

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From: PrivateBiscuit1 | #004

Oh, so you could have said no.

Don't complain about it, you volunteered

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And while the system prices are high, they aren't as high as they were, which means that they generate less revenue. As a product ages, elasticity continues to increase, and they haven't lowered the hardware prices enough to compensate for that. So it's like they are losing twice.

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How are we compared to 2006? imo 2008-2010 the industry inflated in a way that would eventually cause a crash. That rate of growth was unsustainable.

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L.A. Noire

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From: XIII_rocks | #002

And I need my "file/view/edit" etc back (the top bar).

ew why

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Filtered water is the best.

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Nominate some bands you like then!

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Always invert the Y axis

Always

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heh muse was a band i really liked 6 years ago

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Resident Evil or Star Fox 64

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From: PartOfYourWorld | #018

it may be the worst ending in gaming history.

Really? Hyperbole much?

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Are people still jerking themselves off with ME3 ending hate?

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he Swift

He Glassed me

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No

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wtf people saying no

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From: swordz9 | #009

I heard Dogma's 92,000 is just for 5 days worth of sales.

Considering how front-loaded games are these days, this is still really bad. This is a game they expected to sell millions, and now it will be lucky to get 500k, which is barely more than it initially sold in Japan

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Let's wait until actual film critics start reviewing it before saying anything

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yes

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92k? holy s*** that's terrible

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Canvassing is pretty miserable, but if you are good you can make a ton of cash.

I knew a guy who made around 80k every summer selling security systems.

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I didn't see a topic for this anywhere.

NPD’s Top Hardware Sales in May

1. Xbox 360: 160,000 units sold**
2. PlayStation 3: Less than 130,000 units sold,
3. Nintendo 3DS: Between 110,000 - 120,000 units sold
4. Nintendo Wii: Between 70,000 - 75,000 units sold,
5. PlayStation Vita: Between 50,000 - 55,000 units sold

** - Data supplied by Microsoft via press release

Other data courtesy of extrapolations and trusted posts from NeoGAF, which are verified per NPD Snapshot Data for May, 2012.

NPD’s Top Ten Combined Software Sales in May

01. Diablo III (PC)
02. Max Payne 3 (360, PS3, PC)
03. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (360, PS3)
04. Prototype 2 (360, PS3)
05. NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC)
06. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)
07. Sniper Elite V2 (360, PS3)
08. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)
09. Dragon’s Dogma (360, PS3)
10. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3)

NPD doesn't count digital sales, which makes Diablo look really impressive. Prototype 2 continues to sell. I wonder where Mario Tennis ranked?

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igoners

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Stalin killed tons more people than Hitler. He's just not as demonized because Hitler is easier.

Also, people don't like to answer the question "why didn't we do anything about Stalin?"

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