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Why are there so few votes in the GOTY thread?
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I didn't even check I your because I don't think my favorite games stand a chance in a vote.
Paradise Killer is my game of the year but I don't think it'll be winning any votes.
Paradise Killer is my game of the year but I don't think it'll be winning any votes.
I mean, is the result really all that meaningful in general?
Honestly I think it just came way too late. It doesn't even close until March and I think a lot of people have moved on mentally. Also, and this is a much more general thing, I think the community has grown more fragmented and distant in the last few years. The reasons why can be litigated endlessly but I think people just care less about having their voice heard here.
Honestly I think it just came way too late. It doesn't even close until March and I think a lot of people have moved on mentally. Also, and this is a much more general thing, I think the community has grown more fragmented and distant in the last few years. The reasons why can be litigated endlessly but I think people just care less about having their voice heard here.
I remember when the GOTY was Mass Effect 2 vs Super Mario Galaxy 2 Vs Red Dead Redemption, that was exciting.
I keep putting it off. This is the first year where I'm not even sure I played 10 new games, so it's just gonna be "here are the 10 games from 2020 I played in my order of enjoyment". Maybe I'll do it now.
Takes too much work and "what game that came out in this year is your favorite?" isn't that interesting and feels kind of outdated compared to how people game in 2021. With how large evergreen titles are, GAAS, longterm multiplayer, MMOs, retro gaming, etc people are playing tons of titles that are spread over many years. I gamed for thousands of hours in 2020 and I'm not even sure what game I played actually released in 2020. Plus there's the whole money thing.
I'd find a yearly thread on people's favorite games that they just happened to play in the last year more interesting. Not interested in the "prestige" of GOTY style stuff.
I stopped paying attention to OST votes on the old forum when Xenoblade wasn't allowed to be considered in the year it released in NA because it won in the past. Rules like that and taking away people's voting power sucks and I don't know if ERA has changed the rules much.
I'd find a yearly thread on people's favorite games that they just happened to play in the last year more interesting. Not interested in the "prestige" of GOTY style stuff.
I stopped paying attention to OST votes on the old forum when Xenoblade wasn't allowed to be considered in the year it released in NA because it won in the past. Rules like that and taking away people's voting power sucks and I don't know if ERA has changed the rules much.
Honestly I didn't play a lot of new games last year so I don't really think I have a real opinion
Because it's stickied.
Honestly I feel like 95% of people just subconsciously completely ignore the entire stickied section.
Honestly I feel like 95% of people just subconsciously completely ignore the entire stickied section.
Because the requirements to write out explanations for each are ridiculous. Way too much effort for something that doesn't really matter. Ain't no one got time for that
The GOTY thread seems kind of intimidating to me, there is a lot to do there haha. Well done though, much respect to everyone running it.
Also this year was just weird, I don't even know if I could do a GOTY list. Everything was weird this year for me.
Also this year was just weird, I don't even know if I could do a GOTY list. Everything was weird this year for me.
I still have 3 more games to get through before Saturday when I make my final decisions. I took a peek, and I don't think what I'd consider my Top 5 will be in the final Top 5 of Era at all. The results will be predictable and boring. Just give Naughty Dog the award already.
I tend to just gloss over sticky threads. It's a habit I've had for years of browing forums. The funny thing is that when I do browse a forum that doesn't have sticky theads, I still instinctively tend to gloss over the top few results expecting them to be.
And, I'm not ready to vote for any game of the year for 2020 both because I've not played that many 2020 games and because I tend to let things sit for a while before judging. And the requirements for posting just makes me think that my contribution isn't really worth it. I'd be happy talking about my favourite games that I played in 2020, but not the best 2020 game.
And, I'm not ready to vote for any game of the year for 2020 both because I've not played that many 2020 games and because I tend to let things sit for a while before judging. And the requirements for posting just makes me think that my contribution isn't really worth it. I'd be happy talking about my favourite games that I played in 2020, but not the best 2020 game.
As long as all the people lagging behind eventually get in there and vote for Ori & Hades, I don't care when they vote.
Really I'm just here for the lists that articulate why they loved a bunch o' games, so that last thread idea is actually one that would get me the same sort of content I imagine.
At this juncture, the actual results as such mean little to me outside of seeing what surprises sneak into the top 20.
As an aside, the GotY vote can give an idea of what games you missed that you might enjoy, I remember the old forum having some fun post results with users being able to get lists that gave them 10 titles they might enjoy as well as the user affinity which showed ten users with tastes similar to your own so you could wallow in your own tastes.
If only I hadn't helped it towards its 2011 win!
I'm actually not sure if you can vote for the definitive edition this time around either
If it's more complicated than just clicking a button in a poll thread then I'm probably not going to bother.
It's not even subconsciously with me. I look at a pinned thread once to see if I'm interested and then I click the "ignore thread" button so it doesn't clutter up my view from then on.
It's not even subconsciously with me. I look at a pinned thread once to see if I'm interested and then I click the "ignore thread" button so it doesn't clutter up my view from then on.
The new vote method isn't all that hard in practice, but yeah, I won't deny it looks like more effort than it is worth at first.
Voting threads shouldn't start with a terms of service style post you have to read carefully. It's not that serious.
Speaking of which, I personally think they should drop the "give a reason for every game" rule. There will be plenty of people who are passionate about their picks and still gonna write something anyway, so let other people just post their list and be done with it.
Last but not least, as mentioned, this year's thread took longer to get posted, so it's kinda mustard after the meal as we say in Dutch.
Voting threads shouldn't start with a terms of service style post you have to read carefully. It's not that serious.
Speaking of which, I personally think they should drop the "give a reason for every game" rule. There will be plenty of people who are passionate about their picks and still gonna write something anyway, so let other people just post their list and be done with it.
Last but not least, as mentioned, this year's thread took longer to get posted, so it's kinda mustard after the meal as we say in Dutch.
MGS4 always winning reminded me of the Death scene in Bill and Ted 2. Best 3 out of 5.
I got upset at no "most anticipated games 2021" thread. Besides, as already mentioned, it is harder to follow all the guidelines YoY.
tbh, I think ending it in March is a good thing as it is much easier to catch up on early 2020 games during the year than it is to catch up on November releases or October releases.
Maybe the community is just smaller. It's still a big forum with lots of sub-communities and I've checked threads like the AEW one just to see what people are talking about, which is a lot of fun. But a ton of people have been perma'd, and whether or not I agree with each one, it's amazing looking at old threads and seeing a bunch of "Banned" "Banned" "Banned." I'm not looking to litigate anything, but I don't know if the number of people who join the forum outweighs the number of bans.
Maybe they do and people simply have less interest than previous years or the board really is more fragmented or some people did the first year only, or the first two, and then just tired of all the guidelines for making a GOTY list. I know about the thread but I just haven't gotten around to it.
Maybe the community is just smaller. It's still a big forum with lots of sub-communities and I've checked threads like the AEW one just to see what people are talking about, which is a lot of fun. But a ton of people have been perma'd, and whether or not I agree with each one, it's amazing looking at old threads and seeing a bunch of "Banned" "Banned" "Banned." I'm not looking to litigate anything, but I don't know if the number of people who join the forum outweighs the number of bans.
Maybe they do and people simply have less interest than previous years or the board really is more fragmented or some people did the first year only, or the first two, and then just tired of all the guidelines for making a GOTY list. I know about the thread but I just haven't gotten around to it.
Same. Also I tend to completely forget about stickied threads.
The funny thing about this thread is that half of the top 10 never get to release in the year, probably more than ever in 2021
Not saying it shouldn't be a thing for those who want it mind you.
Can't find the will to vote in there. Besides, not interested in games of the year or anything of the year.
- The thread was kinda late
- My brain mentally skimmed past it in the pins after a while
- I haven't played that many 2020 games anyway
- The games I'd want to push (Ori and Tell Me Why) don't have a chance anyway, no matter how highly I would praise them, so why waste the effort
The result from a forum isn't meaningful period. All it does is capture the game that was well-liked and played by the largest number of people. A blockbuster always wins as a result. You basically have the equivalent of a Marvel Movie as GOTY every year. This year will be The Last of Us Part II. When it comes to media awards they are at least discussing what their GOTY is, making arguments to support that, and maybe even having others try it out to formulate as cohesive opinion.
I don't usually participate seriously because I don't play enough games a year to. For example, I haven't played Ghost of Tsushima or Spiritfarer or past Episode 2 of Kentucky Road Zero.
The OP looks intimidating and overly complicated, even if it's not. It's feels like a terms of service agreement for something that should just be a quick and fun community activity.
It should be as simple as writing out your top 10 games. Nothing more, nothing less. If people want to write up something about their games, go for it. But saying you need to do that to have your vote counted will just push people away from doing it.
It should be as simple as writing out your top 10 games. Nothing more, nothing less. If people want to write up something about their games, go for it. But saying you need to do that to have your vote counted will just push people away from doing it.
Agreed, but that makes it more fun and interesting in hindsight IMO.
This is 100% why. I get why certain threads get pinned but pinned threads are 100% ignored. Unpin in and more people will participate because it will be constantly bumped on the thread list.
The whole concept of best anything in a subjective medium is just stupid to me, so I don't vote or care. I also immediately ignore all pinned threads.
I usually vote in them but I don't much desire to this year. Not sure why. I think part of it is because the voting system doesn't accurate represent what the people of Era consider the best games, it's more like the most popular games of Era and which games the most amount of people played. It's also a lot of effort to write about ten games. Then you see those games get completely ignored in the tallied results for the previously mentioned reason, it makes it all feel pointless. I'm not sure there's a better way to run a GOTY on a forum, though.
Too much effort, and the voting thing is a pain in the ass to fill in on mobile. I wrote all my nominations and got partway through adding stuff on the checklist, but then I got to a game that wasn't on it, and I literally couldn't add it in on mobile, so I just gave up trying.
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