Board 8 > The winner of the Absolute Best Game Ever contest is...Ever17!

(+) Yeah! (+)

Bracket:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=406378&tclass=Absolute%20Best%20Game%20Contest

Metal Gear Solid 3 vs. Ever17 -the out of infinity-
[4] A. I’ve played both. Vote: Metal Gear Solid 3
[15] B. I’ve played both. Vote: Ever17 -the out of infinity
[7] C. I haven’t played Metal Gear Solid 3.
[18] D. I haven’t played Ever17 -the out of infinity-
[8] E. I haven’t played/don't like either one.
Total Votes: 52

After several nailbiter matches involving these two games, the finals...are sort of anticlimatic. But hey, B8's choice was clear - if you count C/D as actual votes, it's still a tie.

Thanks to everyone for voting! Hope you enjoyed the contest. Feel free to leave your thoughts on the results and the whole process.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

Boooooooooo

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lame

Did I ever vote btw? Because I obv would have voted D, despite not making that clear. Not that it makes a difference.

Ah well, I have to say I'm surprised MGS3 made it as far as it did. If anything mainstream was going to make it I was expecting RE4.

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I might do x-stats for this tomorrow.

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What the hell is Ever17?

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Your face is bees.

Pretty sure you never voted, XIII.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

Ever17 is................... not a video game

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Silvercross posted...
What the hell is Ever17?

Visual Novel.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

From: KamikazePotato | #006
Pretty sure you never voted, XIII.

Ah, right.

Yeah, it throws up the whole "not a game" debate, but I'm not really fussed either way

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whatisurnameplz posted...
I might do x-stats for this tomorrow.

I considered doing this myself, but considering that half of the bracket got fodderized in the finals it would look insane.

What I'll probably end up doing is a ranking based on place. Ever17 got 1st, MGS2 got 2nd, Planescape got 3rd, Devil Survivor got 4th, ect.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

From: Mb26 | #007
Ever17 is................... not a video game

I understand the appeal one would have towards a VN, but yea...it's not a video game. So...terrible result! even though I think I never voted once in this whole thing. I may have in a SoA match, I can't remember.

Hey, the best game on the bracket actually won :)

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Mercenaries Scores NTSC:
Village: 201,700 - Castle: 322,270 - Base: 164,300 - Waterworld: 185,600

Feel free to leave your thoughts on the results and the whole process.

Obviously if Ever17 wants to remove the asterisk from its championship it needs to face Ar tonelico II in an exhibition match tbqhhhhhhhhh. >_>

More seriously, I'm just glad that some of my favorites lasted as long as they did. Xenosaga III went down early-ish, but P3 and Planescape made it far... enough to be eliminated back-to-back by Ever17. <_<

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Most of my favorites did well. Ever17 is definitely a worthy winner.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

whats so good about the NotGame anyway?

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Incoming whiners from the rear

DROP ALTITUDE

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Mother 3 and Silent Hill 2 came within a few votes of defeating the eventual champion.

I approve.

i thought that this method of voting would be better than normal

turns out i was wrong

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Black Turtle still didn't MAJORA'S MASK

Ever17 is fantastic, amazing, but not a video game.

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no seriously i have no idea what ever17 is about, why so people think its good?

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Naturally, I knows the winner.

A great day for B8!

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I hadn't even heard of Ever17 before this contest

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Never stoop to the level of idiots. They will drag you down and beat you with experience.

Only in board 8 would a book win a greatest game ever contest

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Nice catch BlAcK TuRtLe.
But too bad your ass got SAAAAAAAAAAACKED.*tackles*

Not the best result, but decent. Better than MGS3 anyway.

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No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!

Good winner.

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I liked the idea of this contest

UNTIL I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE WINNER

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okay don't answer me...

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Satisfactory choice.


also "lol" at the "not a game" comments

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You see, the problem with VNs is that, if you put them in a game contest: people whine, if you put them in a book contest: people whine, and if you put them in a VN contest: no one votes!

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Mercenaries Scores NTSC:
Village: 201,700 - Castle: 322,270 - Base: 164,300 - Waterworld: 185,600

Turnsniper posted...
You see, the problem with VNs is that, if you put them in a game contest: people whine, if you put them in a book contest: people whine, and if you put them in a VN contest: no one votes!

How true actually <_<

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Nice catch BlAcK TuRtLe.
But too bad your ass got SAAAAAAAAAAACKED.*tackles*

If I had to choose one, they seem closer to CYOA books than they do to games to me.

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From: Mb26 | #020
no seriously i have no idea what ever17 is about, why so people think its good?

*Minor back-of-the-box-type spoilers for Ever17 in case someone wanted to be dumb and mark me*



People are visiting an underwater amusement park named LeMU, and while they're there something happens that causes LeMU to start flooding. Only a handful of people are left in the park, and they're the main characters, and they only have a few days until the whole place collapses entirely, and they start to wonder if the 'accident' was really an accident at all.


*End minor spoilers*



It doesn't really give you a good idea of why people like it though, because no synopsis can explain why the characters are all really good and likable, and how the plot evolves from that without completely ruining it.

Lets just say that it's something that will leave a big impact on you after you read it, and is one of the most cited examples for "Why can't I erase my memory so I can experience this again?" among people that have read it.

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Well I figured this contest would have a horrible result from the start. Glad I never bothered to vote. (Not that I'd have actually been able to vote for a game most of the time)

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gross.

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ah well sounds good, most stories now a days are shallow in plot and character development, sad

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Not a game.

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What's your compete level at?

Bad rules equaled a bad result.

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Not really bad rules, just not strict enough rules.

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Wait, what?

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Oh, I am one yet many.

I thought a VN might win, but I would've guessed Umineko.

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Ed Bellis posted...
From: _Zea_ | #026
I liked the idea of this contest

UNTIL I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE WINNER


fantastic

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

MGS3 was second yet no one seems to like it (its my favorite MG :( )

my guess is that only a specific group voted

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I don't think I every participated in this contest


is this a real thing

how does not a game win it

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I liked the idea of this contest until MGS3 didn't win it.

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well, the rules were in favor of a 'game' like ever17 or umineko or whatever. just that kinda contest!

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GuessMyUserName posted...
I don't think I every participated in this contest


is this a real thing

how does not a game win it

Well see GMUN, Nintendo games usually win the contests around here

When you have to actually have people play both games, they do pretty badly

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ZFS posted...
well, the rules were in favor of a 'game' like ever17 or umineko or whatever. just that kinda contest!

This is very silly reasoning. The rule were in favor of things that people really like. I'm pretty sure that every VN outside of Ever17 was out by Round 4. MGS3 beat one of them. People here aren't mindless - they don't go OMG VN and vote for it. Ever17 won because it is very beloved.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

oh right, it's the contest where only people who play both games counts

makes a whole lot more sense now - only people who like VNs would play them. If they're the only votes that count, then yeah this is obvious.

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Best video game ever is one i've never heard of.

Ah it's a visual novel

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