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Help Guybrush! Vote for him on Gamespot

OldSchoolCOldSchoolC
edited October 2009 in General Chat
Gamespot is having a character battle over the next month or so, and right now until September 4th Guybrush is facing off against "Wander" from Shadow of the Colossus and losing! But not by much... Multiple battles are going on at once, so scroll over to find his pairing.


http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-hero/vote/index.html?battle_id=9

I didn't see any other threads on this, so if I missed it, I apologize. Now go vote!

For Monkey Island!
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  • SupahFlySupahFly
    edited September 2009
    I think that way the link is better :
    http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-hero/vote/index.html?battle_id=9
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited September 2009
    SupahFly wrote: »
    I think that way the link is better :
    http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-hero/vote/index.html?battle_id=9
    Yeah, that is the better link. Use that one. Takes you right to the Guybrush/Wanderer vote.

    At the time of posting (9:30 GMT), Guybrush is losing 44.7% to 55.3%. C'mon peeps!
  • OldSchoolCOldSchoolC
    edited September 2009
    Thanks for updating this with a better link.

    Guybrush has way more video game titles than this Wanderer creep, he deserves to advance to the second round

    Good news, we're catching up! Guybrush has moved up to 47.8% of the vote!
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2009
    Voted. Guybrush must win.

    Also, some of these match-ups are a bit ridiculous... Ryu vs. Abe? Master Chief vs. Bub and Bob? At least keep them in similar genres, if not the same genre.
  • nikasaurnikasaur Telltale Alumni
    edited September 2009
    They're stacking the votes, is the issue. You don't want to have too epic a pairing at the very beginning and have someone like Mario or Cloud kicked out before they have a chance. From a voter perspective, it sure looks hilarious, but it makes sense... IF a bit unfair. You can even see it in the pictures/description- Gamespot is expecting Guybrush to lose.

    So I'm really hoping that doesn't happen.

    I loved the Sackboy vs Bo Jackson one though, I can't even decide which to pick.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2009
    I wish they would cut right to the "Mario and Sonic/Ryu and Ken/etc. and etc." type match-ups, though. That way it won't fall under the curse of the top ten list where either Mario or Cloud take the top spot every single time.

    "Top Ten Characters"
    1. Mario/Cloud

    "Top Ten Games"
    1. Mario/FF7

    "Top Ten FPS Weapons"
    1. Mario/Cloud

    "Top Ten Places to Visit in Amsterdam"
    1. Mario/Cloud

    Ech.
  • OldSchoolCOldSchoolC
    edited September 2009
    They really did pick a brutal pic for Guybrush, and their explanation of him was sort of weak.

    Well, even if Gamespot is trying to stack the matches, lets prove them wrong. That should take a chunk out of any of the gamespot editors brackets.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited September 2009
    I think the gamespot vote with guybrush and wander is biased the description is un flattering to guybrush and prases wander and most comments are ppl insulting guybrush or ppl saying they never played it it seems ppl are voteing witch game is best not the charecters
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited September 2009
    Mario vs Bonk. Mario and Bonk at the Olympic games. hmmmm.
    also, HE IS SILL LOSING COME ON MONKEY ISLAND TELLTALE FANS VOTE FOR HIM AND SHUT UP THE I HATE GUYBRUSH PARTY!!! GO GO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    OOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Thank you.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited September 2009
    ...this reminds me why I rarely fit with the normal gaming population.

    Bonk is better than Mario.
    Nights is better than modern-day Prince of Persia(and it's real close if we're talking classic)

    Lara Croft better than Parappa? Lara Croft's character is "Boobs with a gun".

    Abe is clearly superior to Ryu in terms of character.

    Modern gamer culture sucks.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited September 2009
    Rather Dashing wrote: »

    Abe is clearly superior to Ryu in terms of character.

    Modern gamer culture sucks.


    if saving your race from slavery don't make you a great hero then what the hell does
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited September 2009
    Sailorcuteness wrote: »
    if saving your race from slavery don't make you a great hero then what the hell does
    Being able to punch a guy real hard, duh.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited September 2009
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    Being able to punch a guy real hard, duh.

    aww all abe can do is slap he sucks well that an posesion but thats not manly
  • SupahFlySupahFly
    edited September 2009
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    Nights is better than modern-day Prince of Persia(and it's real close if we're talking classic)


    What, POP is a real classic. I still remember playing it as a little kid and it doesn't fit in the image of the modern games.

    But anyway : vote for Guybrush, the vote for him is increasing slowly and he can win! :)
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2009
    Sailorcuteness wrote: »
    aww all abe can do is slap he sucks well that an posesion but thats not manly

    If somebody defies him, he smacks them to the ground and forces them to follow his orders. And listen to him laugh when he makes a Slig explode... Abe is one brutal bastard. :p
  • OldSchoolCOldSchoolC
    edited September 2009
    Up another percent!

    48.8% of the vote is now Guybrush!

    Get your friends to vote too, haha.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited September 2009
    OldSchoolC wrote: »
    Up another percent!

    48.8% of the vote is now Guybrush!

    Get your friends to vote too, haha.


    my friend put the link on her blog 4 me
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited September 2009
    ShaggE wrote: »
    If somebody defies him, he smacks them to the ground and forces them to follow his orders. And listen to him laugh when he makes a Slig explode... Abe is one brutal bastard. :p

    I just downloaded oddworld off steam now ^^
  • wefeelgroovewefeelgroove
    edited September 2009
    Voted!

    Oh no, Jade is up against Samus Aran! Poor Jade. :( And Manny against Dante? That is so not fair!

    ...Even though we all know none of them will stand a chance against Cloud Strife. booo.
  • OldSchoolCOldSchoolC
    edited September 2009
    wefeelgroove wrote: »
    Voted!

    Oh no, Jade is up against Samus Aran! Poor Jade. :( And Manny against Dante? That is so not fair!

    ...Even though we all know none of them will stand a chance against Cloud Strife. booo.


    I felt bad for Manny too, they at least could have put him against Dig Dug or something for a real battle. Manny is awesome, but he's done for.
  • ArmakuniArmakuni
    edited September 2009
    They should've picked a better picture of Guybrush... he looks so pathetic in the one they used.
  • jmmjmm
    edited September 2009
    Only 630 more votes, come on people!
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited September 2009
    He is a down a percent. I repeat he is down a percent. VOTE VOTE.
    WAit a minute, I am using a different computer than the one I'm voting with.
    See ya.
    Also
    List of computers I can use
    Home done
    This computer at friends house done
    another computer at a friends house not yet
    DSi not yet
    Wii not yet
    cousins PS3 not yet
    old DS not yet
    older DS not yet
    Come on guys pick up the pace.
  • RawrRawr
    edited September 2009
    Voted for Guybrush.

    On the topic of the vote though.

    I still don't get why people choose Cloud Strife. A rock has more personality than him. Honestly, go get a rock, and name it cloud, and talk to it, and you'll probably get the same response as you would get from Cloud.

    It annoys me to hell that people choose him. Yeah Final Fantasy 7 was a good game, blah blah blah. Doesn't mean Cloud was a good character. Annoying Angsty teen. Even Squall was better than him, atleast Squall managed to gain a personality through the game, unlike Cloud whom still manages to be emo even in Advent Children.

    Sorry for the little rant, it just really pushes my buttons.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited September 2009
    The competition is incredibly biased. The creators obviously don't want Guybrush to win or they would have gotten their facts straight and not made him out to be such a pathetic "hero."
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    Ok Guybrush may have lost but Link is being beat by Gordon Freeman... Its really close... He cant lose...
    http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-hero/vote/index.html?battle_id=62
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited October 2009
    Am I the only person here who actually thinks that Shadow of Colossus was bad ass. Personally, I think it is better than Monkey Island. I mean... that game was a masterpiece.
  • WoodsyblueWoodsyblue
    edited October 2009
    roberttitus wrote: »
    Am I the only person here who actually thinks that Shadow of Colossus was bad ass. Personally, I think it is better than Monkey Island. I mean... that game was a masterpiece.

    You are probably the only person on these forums who thinks that. I'm not saying your opinion is invalid, just that this is probably the wrong place to look for support on your views.
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited October 2009
    Woodsyblue wrote: »
    You are probably the only person on these forums who thinks that. I'm not saying your opinion is invalid, just that this is probably the wrong place to look for support on your views.

    Don't get me wrong... I like Monkey Island. I'm just saying that SoC is a work of art.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    I thought SoC was vapid and pointless.
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited October 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    I thought SoC was vapid and pointless.

    To each there own.... but at the end of the day... Guybrush still lost.
  • WoodsyblueWoodsyblue
    edited October 2009
    I blame that more on Guybrush's profile. It was terrible. Even I didn't feel like voting for him. They said he was a "hapless hero" and that "he tends to be rescued by his more-capable ladylove, Elaine Marley"

    Compare that to "Wander does battle with 16 titans, whose massive size and special powers make them challenging foes to bring down."

    I'm sorry but eff off Gamespot!
  • KromsKroms
    edited October 2009
    roberttitus wrote: »
    Am I the only person here who actually thinks that Shadow of Colossus was bad ass. Personally, I think it is better than Monkey Island. I mean... that game was a masterpiece.

    I've loved Team ICO for a very, very long time, even before Shadow of the Colossus became such a popular game. (I still prefer Ico, though.)

    I can't tell you which is the better game, because it's a lot like comparing, I don't know, Spirited Away with The Big Lebowski. But then again, the quality of the game doesn't matter, since this is the best hero - but really, can you compare Chehiro with The Dude?

    Apart from the unflattering description Guybrush got pasted with (and I've seen people vote for Wander based on that), Guybrush isn't as well-known as The Wanderer. Most people who'd vote for him have no idea who Guybrush is.

    Frankly, the whole thing is really, really stupid, and Gamespot should know better. It's bad enough that flimsy excuses for character like Sephiroth win so very often. I wouldn't take Guybrush losing as a major point, or as any sort of indication other than a reaffirmation as to why Gamespot is one big joke.

    I also wanted to add that the Monkey games were pretty revolutionary during their time, and that there's a reason they hold-up so well today (I interviewed a pair of ten year old girls on the subject a while back). Even the newer ones are revolutionary in their own little way, as they do what no-one in gaming has managed to before: tell an excellent story in monthly installments, while somehow keeping it fun and interesting. (In chapters; Sam and Max's episodes hold-up pretty well on their own, as do Strong Bad's, etc).

    Again, I love Shadow of the Colossus, I love Ico, and I've played through each game several times and studied them. I know the Colossi's names by heart. But comparing them is really, really silly, and you're just better off thinking of each game on its own.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited October 2009
    I know Gordon is beating Link, but I have a feeling that the tides will turn at the last second, and it'll end up being Mario vs. Link. Yet again. Oy.
  • FuryFury
    edited October 2009
    Gordon is pretty awesome, but he won't win.

    Stupid fanboyism wins again. Gah.

    Nintendo = Fail. As a kid, it was fun. But now, the games are dated and old and should be catering to a better audience, they're terrible games, they just appeal to kids.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited October 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    Nintendo = Fail. As a kid, it was fun. But now, the games are dated and old and should be catering to a better audience, they're terrible games, they just appeal to kids.

    Wait, what? I'm no Ninty fanboy (my last Nintendo console was the N64), but I'd have to say that their established franchises are pretty timeless.

    I mean, I'm sick of seeing Mario/Samus/Link plastered all over everything as well, but honestly, there's a reason for that: most Mario/Metroid/Zelda games are quite well made and well received. If they only appealed to kids, or if they were "terrible", then it wouldn't be an issue in the first place.

    And what do you mean by a "better" audience? Kids and casuals are allowed to play games too (just keep the kids off of XBL and PSN, for my eardrums' sake :p), and when a new Mario/Metroid/Zelda is announced, it's the core gamers that get hyped.
  • FuryFury
    edited October 2009
    Metroid is a meh fps, Zelda is a watered down RPG and mario is a shallow, simple platformer.

    They were great as kids but for each nintendo game, there's about 5 better games.

    It's fine it's aimed at kids, but most games company made games aimed at older gamers as well. Look at the Wii, there's no games aimed at adults. There's what, 3?

    I would have preferred that Nintendo make games aimed at older audiences, because they have a lot of talent and resources, it seems pointless to waste it all on mario games.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited October 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    It's fine it's aimed at kids, but most games company made games aimed at older gamers as well. Look at the Wii, there's no games aimed at adults. There's what, 3?
    Wait, are you seriously going to say that the Halo and Gears of War crowd is made up of adults? Because I'm pretty sure it's split between high school boys and the worst sort of people colleges have to offer. I doubt there are many people past, let's arbitrarily guess 25, in that fanbase.

    I mean, I'm no Nintendo fan either. I had a Genesis as a kid(and computers, obviously). But more or less the entirety of mainstream gaming is made up of immature, lowest-common-denominator tripe.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited October 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    It's fine it's aimed at kids, but most games company made games aimed at older gamers as well. Look at the Wii, there's no games aimed at adults. There's what, 3?

    CoD: WaW
    RE4
    Godfather
    MK: Armageddon
    Madworld
    Manhunt 2
    Red Steel
    Red Steel 2
    Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop
    Dead Space Extraction
    Onechanbara
    Alone in the Dark
    Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
    No More Heroes
    Target Terror
    Splinter Cell: DA
    RE: Umbrella Chronicles
    HotD: Overkill
    CSI: Hard Evidence
    Driver: Parallel Lines
    BiA: Road to Hill 30
    Escape From Bug Island
    RE: Archives
    Obscure: The Aftermath

    And more.
    I would have preferred that Nintendo make games aimed at older audiences, because they have a lot of talent and resources, it seems pointless to waste it all on mario games.

    Thing is, Nintendo is rolling in dough by making games for everybody. That's just how Nintendo is. If you want more gritty fare, try the 360, PS3, or PC. Plenty of stuff out there. (Although, ironically, the "Mature" games are where the kids that you're trying to separate yourself from all convene anyway.)
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited October 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    Metroid is a meh fps, Zelda is a watered down RPG and mario is a shallow, simple platformer.

    Jealous Fanboy Alert! Jealous Fanboy Alert! I repeat! Jealous Fanboy Alert! This is not a drill people! This is not a drill!
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