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Kanaya413 posted...

armandro posted...

Kanaya413 posted...

Caelthus posted...

Leana, I would seriously recommend you require voice chat as requirement for entry at minimum. That would remove almost any doubts.

What about trans girls though

??
what about them

They might not be able to pass the mic test?
I mean even I can't and I'm cis

I know of a trans girl on a Discord server I hang on out who sounds like a guy on mic. It could be that she doesn't care about attempting to sound like a girl when she talks. I know she's identified as a female for a few years now (since maybe 2013 or 2014).
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Luster
Solio
david
Stifled
Nick/XIII
ZSig

Hurt sonicblastpunch
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I noticed the homepage has a section under "Today's Featured Content" that says this:

Today's Featured Game
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Voted Best Game of 2017 by GameFAQs users

Allen didn't have a note like that last year when FFXV won, so this is the first year he's done this. Maybe this is a step closer to getting the GotY polls turned into a mini-contest.
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Captain Falcon
Samus Aran
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Yes, we know about those titles, but no one is really expecting any of them to come out in 2018 apart from maybe SMT5 or Fire Emblem and they aren't on the same level as Metroid or Pokemon.
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The_Ctes posted...

Even so, there are no new big titles. Odyssey and BotW hard carried the first poll for sure.

Sure, but you can say the same thing about the PS4 not having any confirmed big titles for this year. So both systems are operating on even ground in terms of knowing the confirmed big titles at this point, except for the fact the Switch has more confirmed titles than the PS4 overall.

It's actually a miracle the Switch is keeping this as close as it has given the ownership disadvantage. The Switch has 45.04% ownership and the PS4 is at 67.49%. I guess the PS4's much higher ownership is making the difference between losing or winning this poll.
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Thanks to yesterday's Nintendo Direct Mini, we know more about the Switch's upcoming games than the PS4's upcoming games. Based on what we know so far, the Switch has a larger confirmed line-up of games for this year than what we know about the PS4's line-up. You would think the Switch would be winning this poll based on what we know right now.
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I'm really surprised at today's results in this poll:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6956-

The Switch easily beat the PS4 in the System of the Year poll just 2 days ago, but now the Switch is losing to the PS4 in today's poll.
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AxemRedRanger posted...

Puerto Rico isn't its own country so I was not incorrect in not including it.

Puerto Rico is unique in that it has its own country code (PR) in the source code of the link I provided in my previous post. I don't have any idea whether Puerto Rico actually counts towards the US's vote totals or not (it's not displayed on the US regional map).
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AxemRedRanger posted...

So I was bored and got to wondering, given our abysmal votals, just how low the number of voters in individual countries could be getting at this point.

So I took our lowest votal poll in a ridiculously long time (https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6950-best-of-2017-mobile) and worked backward from the percentages to figure out how many people in various countries voted there. With votals still declining I figure that's the future!

Results (out of a total of 5264 votes)
U.S.: 3215 (61.08% of total votes)
Canada: 556 (10.56%)
U.K.: 286 (5.43%)

So I checked your entire list for any mistakes and you did make a mistake for Canada and the UK. Canada actually has 553 votes and the UK has 288 votes. You did a good job handling the massive vote totals of the US, as I came to the same conclusion the US had 3215 votes. There were no other mistakes I could find besides Canada and the UK.

Other countries that had more than 10 votes in the Mobile GotY poll:

Singapore: 19
Greece: 18
Puerto Rico: 12

You somehow missed those 3 countries in checking which ones had more than 10 votes. Well, Singapore isn't directly visible on the poll map, so I would have to obtain the percentages for Singapore by viewing the source code of this page - https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/map?id=6950

I was a bit surprised to see Puerto Rico with more than 10 votes, given that Hurricane Maria killed the vote totals from that country a few months ago. On September 19th, we got 40 votes from Puerto Rico in the 2017 age poll. The next day on September 20th when Hurricane Maria made landfall, there were less than 3 votes from Puerto Rico. Most of the polls over the next several days had absolutely no votes from Puerto Rico.
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Whiskey_Nick posted...

50. Sherm

Okay so maybe people will not like this ranking. There are still plenty of captures left that don't really do much, and Sherm actually does quite a bit. Here is the thing though, it has the worst control scheme ever. WHY IS SHOOT AND AIM BOTH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONTROLLER BUT NOT USING A SHOULDER BUTTON!? Also the motion controls trigger so your aim is awful anyway.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mario/images/3/3f/Sherm_Mario.png/revision/latest?cb=20170623081027

I simply turned motion controls in the settings to aim better. Another problem seems to be the rather high sensitivity of the aiming icon. I find it rather difficult to move the aiming icon into the right spot to make my shots go where they're supposed to go. Even adjusting the sensitivity options (through the Camera Sensitivity option) and setting it to "Very Low", it's still difficult to aim properly.
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No 3-way or 1v1 GotY poll today.

System of the Year poll today:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6954-
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No 3-way or 1v1 GotY poll today.

System of the Year poll today:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6954-
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HaRRicH posted...

LusterSoldier posted...

The result possibly suggests Super Mario Odyssey is roughly around the same strength as Super Mario Odyssey.

But only maybe.

Sorry about that, I made a mistake. I meant to say Super Mario Galaxy for that second occurrence of Super Mario Odyssey.
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AxemRedRanger posted...

This result looks familiar:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6130-best-game-ever-day-20-round-2-zelda-twilight-princess-vs

I'm going to guess that Breath of the Wild is stronger than Twilight Princess, but that Persona 5 is also stronger than Persona 4.

Here's another poll suggesting Breath of the Wild is stronger than Twilight Princess:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4171-

Breath of the Wild put up an incredible 67.12% on Super Mario Odyssey in the Switch poll a few days ago. The result possibly suggests Super Mario Odyssey is roughly around the same strength as Super Mario Odyssey.
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LeonhartFour posted...

yes because they were so lopsided that it was unnecessary

much like this one will be

I point you to this poll:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4217-

Looking at just the raw numbers, it looks lopsided in favor of ME2 (close to a doubling on Galaxy 2). And yet Allen chose to run a 3-way poll the next day.
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Still, it's been a tradition to run a 3-way or 1v1 poll in the GotY polls every year, although 2011 and 2014 didn't have one.
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Let's just wait until the morning vote arrives to see where both games stand. We know the night vote isn't very favorable towards Zelda while Persona 5 should have at least a decent night vote or better. And right now, this is only about a 60/40 match and we're still in the Power Hour.
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If Persona 5 and Zelda end up finishing closer than these early results would suggest, I guess it's possible we could get a 1v1 poll between the 2 games.
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Overall GotY poll today:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6953-

Allen only chose 7 games for this poll, which means we didn't get more than one game from any poll. Not sure if Allen is planning to skip System of the Year this time.

I hope Allen gives us a 3-way GotY poll this year, but that is less likely with only 7 games in today's poll (the 2011 GotY poll had 7 games and there was no 3-way GotY poll that year).
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Overall GotY poll today:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6953-

Allen only chose 7 games for this poll, which means we didn't get more than one game from any poll. Not sure if Allen is planning to skip System of the Year this time.
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shane15 posted...

I've just realised Wonderboy isn't on the list either and one of the games even has remastered in the title! Train wreck of a poll.

And Allen hasn't even commented on the poll even after this topic was posted on the PotD board:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/3-poll-of-the-day/76179607
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Today's poll is for remakes:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6952-
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Today's poll is for remakes:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6952-
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I'm kind of surprised that mid-November isn't more common than it should be, since mid-November is roughly 9 months from the time of Valentine's Day. I figured Valentine's Day would be a prime candidate for people having sex for the purpose of producing a baby.
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Pokalicious posted...

Pokmon Switch let's-a go

Sorry to disappoint you Poka, but it's too early to get more information on Pokemon Switch. I don't expect anything about the game to be shown until 2019 at the earliest.
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UberPyro64 posted...

Divinity and Hellblade are considered Indie and they're not in the poll for some reason.

Should be noted that Divinity and Hellblade were in other polls recently:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6945-
https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6948-

Divinity win its poll, so it will move onto the overall GotY poll.
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UberPyro64 posted...

Divinity and Hellblade are considered Indie and they're not in the poll for some reason.

Allen's criteria for selecting games includes critic scores, GameFAQs user ratings, and GameFAQs popularity. It's possible that one of those criteria took those games out of being considered for this poll.

You can't possibly include every single game in the poll, so you try to narrow down the list and include the most popular games based on various criteria.
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Despite being an Indie poll, What Remains of Edith Finch still looks very terrible here. It's doing only slightly better than what it got in the other polls. It had 1.19% in the PS4 poll, 2.73% in the Xbox One poll, and 2.63% in the PC poll.

Right now, What Remains of Edith Finch has 2.91% in the Indie poll.
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Yesterday's poll ended up with less than 5500 votes, giving it less votes than a lot of polls from 1999 and 2000.

Today's poll is for Indies:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6951-

Well, this should be another win for Cuphead.
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Today's poll is for Indies:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6951-best-of-2017-indies

Well, this should be another win for Cuphead.
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LusterSoldier posted...

601 votes at the end of the first hour. Looks like we're on track for just slightly over 6000 votes, which would make this the lowest known vote total ever seen in modern day GameFAQs. You'd have to go back to 1999 and 2000 to see lower vote totals on a regular basis.

Looks like I overpredicted here based on what our earlier GotY polls had at the end of the first hour vs. their final vote total. This poll won't even reach 5500 votes. The main reason for the lower than expected vote total is because this poll happened on a Saturday, where there is a known "Saturday Vote Total" penalty where polls get less vote totals on a Saturday than any other day of the week.
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Sultan
Stifled
VOTE ONCE PER HOUR: Luster
Wigs
Nick/XIII
DP
VOTE ONCE PER HOUR: Solio
Stevie
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601 votes at the end of the first hour. Looks like we're on track for just slightly over 6000 votes, which would make this the lowest known vote total ever seen in modern day GameFAQs. You'd have to go back to 1999 and 2000 to see lower vote totals on a regular basis.
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Mobile poll today:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6950-

This one should have the worst vote totals out of all the GotY polls this year.
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Mobile poll today:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6950-

This one should have the worst vote totals out of all the GotY polls this year.
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SgtSphynx posted...

Christmas Day is not very common

True, but December 15th-21st and December 27th-30th are much more common compared to Christmas Day. I speculated this is because of people attempting to aim for a Christmas Day birth and simply overshooting or undershooting Christmas Day when the actual birth happens.
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Whiskey_Nick posted...

IT IS THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR!! PUPPY BOWL! And of course that means season 2 of Fantasy Puppy Bowl!

By the way Nick, there's also something called the Kitten Bowl. You should also host a Fantasy Kitten Bowl as well.

For more information on the Kitten Bowl, you can go here:

http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/kitten-bowl
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Wow, I didn't even know this was going on until just now.
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charmander6000 posted...

GameFAQs is full of old people who are increasingly less likely to play games.

Over in the Contest Stats topic, I posted this:

I suspect it's a lot harder for people on this site to get hyped for future game systems now that most of us are much older. I guess it was a lot easier for us to get hyped for a new system when we were much younger. Back in 2006 when the Wii came out, almost 40% of the site was still under the age of 18 (at an age where you could talk your parents into getting a new system). Although the Switch is more expensive than the Wii (only $50 more), I don't see making such a huge difference in its performance relative to the Wii. Switch games are also $10 more than Wii games.
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Anagram posted...

http://literock969.com/how-common-is-your-birthday-chart-shows-most-least-common-birthdays-2/

I noticed December 27th-30th are more common than the days that come right before it. Also, the days of December 15th-21st are more common than December 22nd-26th. I suspect this might have something to do with people attempting have a birth on Christmas and simply overshooting or undershooting Christmas by a few days.
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ninkendo posted...

18 new Switch games to be announced at the January Nintendo Direct

I assume we don't know the exact date of this upcoming Nintendo Direct yet?
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ninkendo posted...

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/01/04/nintendo-declares-the-switch-the-fastest-selling-home-console-in-us-history.aspx

Congrats Reggie you did it

This is rather strange given the fact it hasn't translated into a better ownership on GameFAQs than the Wii at this point in their respective life cycles. The Switch has 45.04% ownership on GameFAQs after being on the market for nearly 9 months. At the 9 month mark for the Wii, the ownership was around 51% on GameFAQs. And that's with the Wii having far worse supply issues than the Switch. The Wii suffered from extreme shortages for about 2 years.
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Axl_Rose_85 posted...

No excuse for not having NieR: Automata and Nioh in the PC polls yesterday. Two very highly acclaimed games, critic and user-wise.

I'm guessing those 2 games are a case of GameFAQs popularity coming into play, as the site in general prefers the PS4 version of the game instead of the PC version. At least on GameFAQs, the PS4 version is far more widely played than the PC version if you look at message board activity.

NieR: Automata has 126 pages of topics for the PS4 version, but only 2 pages of topics for the PC version. No point in putting NieR: Automata in the PC poll when so few people on GameFAQs have played the game on PC.
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Axl_Rose_85 posted...

Where the **** Danganronpa V3 and Ys VIII?

There really needs to be a criteria for these GotY polls nominees, not just random 10 options that SBAllen picks.

There is criteria that Allen uses when picking out the games for these polls.

Allen uses a combination of critic scores, GameFAQs user ratings, and GameFAQs popularity to figure out which games to pick for these polls.
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Today's poll is for the dedicated portables:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6949-
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Today's poll is for the dedicated portables:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6949-
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icecutter17 posted...

Where is Ultra Street Fighter 2 in today's poll

Allen's criteria for selecting games includes critic scores, GameFAQs user ratings, and GameFAQs popularity. Unfortunately, Ultra Street Fighters II got less than ideal critic scores based on the Metacritic score shown here:

https://www.gamefaqs.com/switch/204230-ultra-street-fighter-ii-the-final-challengers

This was a case where the Metacritic score took the game out of the picture for being considered for today's poll. You can't possibly include every single game in the poll, so you try to narrow down the list and include the most popular games based on various criteria.
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Leafeon13N posted...

Glad Jolty pulled that out.

Was another Pokemon championship title for Jolteon really that important to you? Jolteon already won Pokemon of the Year in 2017.
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Divinity: Original Sin II took the lead over Doki Doki Literature Club at 7:25 AM. The strange thing about this performance is that I don't even see any rallies for it on 4chan (a place that probably would rally it). This has been all GameFAQs so far.

In terms of trends, Divinity: Original Sin II has been showing off a very strong night vote in this poll, so it might stand to reason that it could drop off later on. Games with strong night votes usually don't maintain their strong night vote during the day vote as well.
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