Board 8 > "No specific restrictions" says SBAllen re: character eligibility

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"no specific restrictions"

that's that I guess

nominate spider-man

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/76996362
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*nominates Spider-Man*
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NO BARKLEY NO PEACE

(caps)
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okay guys he finally caved

now for the important question:

what was jane eyre's first game appearance?
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AxemRedRanger posted...

what was jane eyre's first game appearance?

Spider-Man

make sure you nominate her as Spider-Man, too
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I feel like this means "I will decide on a case by case basis"

aka "I'm letting Geralt in, but not Spider-Man or Dark Link"

don't let me stop you from nominating, but I will be surprised if it works
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I'll nominate Dark Link for this.
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time to nominate Jesus Christ
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Remember that time when League of Legends didn't get enough nominations to make the game bracket
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Why the hell didn't you phrase this more specifically?

This is still vague enough where he can just be like "Whoops I meant game characters"
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Has Donald Trump ever been in any video games? I feel like the last few contests were too boring and we need a new entrant that could bring some drama to the site.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

Why the hell didn't you phrase this more specifically?

This is still vague enough where he can just be like "Whoops I meant game characters"

i was asking specifically for Dark Link, I expected an Allen answer like "Yes" or "No"

then he threw this "no specific restrictions" thing in there and it's like "oh shit"
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Lopen posted...

Remember that time when League of Legends didn't get enough nominations to make the game bracket

well Allen used user reviews and other stuff to keep it out

at the expense of Sonic 3 & Knuckles making the field so he took it too far
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Send him a follow up to get him to clarify!
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Xeybozn posted...

Has Donald Trump ever been in any video games? I feel like the last few contests were too boring and we need a new entrant that could bring some drama to the site.

I mean he wouldn't do any better than having literally Hitler in a contest
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ExThaNemesis posted...

Send him a follow up to get him to clarify!

I'm sure Allen has seen us speculating about this and has deliberately chosen to be coy about it, so I doubt he'll give us a clear answer.
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LeonhartFour posted...

I'm sure Allen has seen us speculating about this and has deliberately chosen to be coy about it, so I doubt he'll give us a clear answer.

I don't see what the point of letting us waste all these nominations is.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

Send him a follow up to get him to clarify!

alright alright jeez


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he gave us 20 nominations so we could afford to waste a few on pointless endeavors like we always do

but let's force him to roleplay as J. Jonah Jameson if he wants to keep the Spider Menace out of the contest
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@SBAllen is Jesus Christ eligible for this character tournament

he is in like 40 video games https://www.giantbomb.com/jesus-christ/3005-6309/

y'know, the Jesus from Xenosaga: Episode III - Also Sprach Zarathustra
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ZenOfThunder posted...

ExThaNemesis posted...

Send him a follow up to get him to clarify!

alright alright jeez

Yes he will. Geralt, Dracula, and Hades.
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I made sure to say "ALL" in my ticket so he doesn't give a vague answer

i'm expecting him to not answer or say "some"
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He probably wants to be ambiguous so he can later decide in case a bunch of strong non-video game characters would otherwise get in.
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He's probably doin it for the lulz
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aaaand the dream is dead
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ZenOfThunder posted...

aaaand the dream is dead

Boooooooooooooooo. Guess were back to the bran flakes

oh well, guess I'll just nominate Messiah from the Persona games instead
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"We're not restricting nominations"

I love how the thing he went out of his way to scorn on the nomination form though was nominating "too many" characters from the same game and we had to pry like hell to get "No Darth Vader" out of him.
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Someone put Ulti in a game so we can nominate him
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Underleveled posted...

I love how the thing he went out of his way to scorn on the nomination form though was nominating "too many" characters from the same game and we had to pry like hell to get "No Darth Vader" out of him.

I didn't even notice that. Hopefully 3 characters isn't too many since I couldn't bear to drop one of Max, Kate, or Warren.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Xeybozn posted...

Has Donald Trump ever been in any video games? I feel like the last few contests were too boring and we need a new entrant that could bring some drama to the site.

I mean he wouldn't do any better than having literally Hitler in a contest

Trump v Hitler who you got
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OrangeCrush980 posted...

Underleveled posted...

I love how the thing he went out of his way to scorn on the nomination form though was nominating "too many" characters from the same game and we had to pry like hell to get "No Darth Vader" out of him.

I didn't even notice that. Hopefully 3 characters isn't too many since I couldn't bear to drop one of Max, Kate, or Warren.

I'm sure 3 or 4 is fine. It's probably there to prevent nominating 20 Overwatch characters or like, 20 FF characters.
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I think 3 is fine, he probably meant people who nominate 20 characters from one game

and TBQH he probably made up the rule to reduce clutter on his end
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"We're not restricting nominations"


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"We are not restricting the nominations so we can put Geralt in, but I don't want anyone else and I own this place so yeah".

He's not restricting the nominations. You can nominate whoever you want.

He's just restricting what characters he's going to put into the bracket after we nominate. Totally different.
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