I don't really care about GotY stuff besides watching/listening to Giant Bomb's end of the year discussions.
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Why are there so few votes in the GOTY thread?
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Because of the bullshit requirement of an explanation, don't feel like doing that for all of my picks.
This thread is kinda toxic. I'm fine with people not caring about GOTY polls, but the smugness is quite something to behold at times, and the idea that taking 3 minutes to type a brief comment explaining your choices is "too much effort" is... well, I suppose it explains why Era is the way it is, heh.
It might not win #1 but it's still worth voting to push it higher in the list
...Literally how? You type in a title and the software picks it up for you.
So why is the OP of that thread so involved? I don't actually want an answer, but I'm just making a point. :P
I didn't like most of the games I played last year unfortunately. The list of games I liked that actually released in 2020 is pretty low.
I don't see the point.
Not only is the audience here skewed more toward consoles, so results will be fairly inclined that way, it also only works for folks who played a lot / all "important" 2020 games, which isn't likely to be true for a lot of people. Most folks will just vote on the games they played, which is just not particularly interesting since it ends up on in a small subset of games, typically larger scale. In a user vote where everyone is playing different things, just doesn't mean much as an "Era" goty, when many people won't have played some games picked.
As for the past few years, I've spent the year playing over games that span 2 decades. Of the 2020 released, I've played probably only 7 or 8 games.
I rather see individual people's opinions than a pool of everyone here
Not only is the audience here skewed more toward consoles, so results will be fairly inclined that way, it also only works for folks who played a lot / all "important" 2020 games, which isn't likely to be true for a lot of people. Most folks will just vote on the games they played, which is just not particularly interesting since it ends up on in a small subset of games, typically larger scale. In a user vote where everyone is playing different things, just doesn't mean much as an "Era" goty, when many people won't have played some games picked.
As for the past few years, I've spent the year playing over games that span 2 decades. Of the 2020 released, I've played probably only 7 or 8 games.
I rather see individual people's opinions than a pool of everyone here
I voted but I dislike having to write descriptions. It's not like there's a lot of discussion going on in the thread and I doubt anyone gives a shit what I wrote. I know I scroll past all the thousand-word screeds and just look at what people are voting for
I just looked at the voting thread after seeing this one and yeah, the rules look overwhelming to me. It might very well be a lot simpler in action, but I can't help but feel overwhelmed.
Also, not to nag, but seeing a big fat warning in orange in the op does not seem welcoming and is a huge turn-off for me, but that's just a personal quirk.
Also, not to nag, but seeing a big fat warning in orange in the op does not seem welcoming and is a huge turn-off for me, but that's just a personal quirk.
Still writing mine. I'd planned to get it done early this year... but life had another ideas. The delay was good because I got to play two 2020 games I wouldn't have finished in time otherwise.
(I always like the GotY threads because I often end up checking out games I might have missed otherwise, especially indies.)
(I always like the GotY threads because I often end up checking out games I might have missed otherwise, especially indies.)
This is where I'm at with it as well. GOTY means nothing to me but, I would be super interested in a thread where people just wrote about there favorite game(s) they played last year because, yeah, it would probably include alot of games from prior years as well as ongoing games that people have been playing on and off for a few years.
As someone said before, if you need a full on tutorial and rules about how to make a vote; I'm out.
Because sticky threads are the worst thing in the world. Everyone has been trained to gloss right over them for years.
I hate sticky threads.
I hate sticky threads.
You need to justify every game.
Sometimes I don't even want to explain why I like something because it's kinda personal.
1. The formatting nonsense.
2. It's almost March and we're STILL talking about GOTY 2020? Figure that shit out in January.
3. It's personally not pleasant to try and remember what games I played while home in the first half of 2020 living in fear from a pandemic.
4. I never look at stickied threads.
5. I personally don't put too much thought into GOTY awards. I do like a drama and meltdowns though.
2. It's almost March and we're STILL talking about GOTY 2020? Figure that shit out in January.
3. It's personally not pleasant to try and remember what games I played while home in the first half of 2020 living in fear from a pandemic.
4. I never look at stickied threads.
5. I personally don't put too much thought into GOTY awards. I do like a drama and meltdowns though.
This.
It's all a popularity contest but at least they have fun categories.
I always check the results, but I really think it's too much work.
I mean, things far more important IRL are voted everyday and they're nowhere as convoluted as this, so...
I mean, things far more important IRL are voted everyday and they're nowhere as convoluted as this, so...
I've started to feel like I was buying games solely for Game of the Year (both on this site and beyond) and not because I actually wanted to play them there and then, and my experience was soured as a result (As an example, Horizon Zero Dawn and Ghosts of Tsushima are two games I got at launch I just did not vibe with at the time).
There are plenty of 2020 releases I want to play, but on my own time and terms.
In general I've also found I prefer more nuanced discussions than basic lists and popularity contests. Someone making a thread about how much they love a game, or sharing it in an OT, or posting about it on Twitter even if it's just two sentences, is more appealing than an arbitrarily numbered list.
There are plenty of 2020 releases I want to play, but on my own time and terms.
In general I've also found I prefer more nuanced discussions than basic lists and popularity contests. Someone making a thread about how much they love a game, or sharing it in an OT, or posting about it on Twitter even if it's just two sentences, is more appealing than an arbitrarily numbered list.
my tastes are so divergent from what is the agreed upon good on this forum that i just don't even bother lol
not a lot of great discussion comes from these lists anyways.
not a lot of great discussion comes from these lists anyways.
Pretty much. It doesn't seem crazily hard, but I'd rather just click a button.
Although I do enjoy reading people's write-ups.
oh I know it's not a good reason, and if it was the only reason, I'd definitely push through and do it anyway but... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I straight up just don't have the time or, accordingly, desire to undertake what I see as an unnecessarily demanding and lengthy voting process. I don't begrudge the mods for keeping the current requirements in place if they don't mind the depression in voter turnout that appears to occur as a result, and there are arguments to be made for making it high-effort enough to vote that the voter pool is limited to those who are so truly passionate about their votes that they're willing to put in the time and work to make them count, but yeah, I personally just don't have time for all that. Not for me, that's all.
It's really not hard to vote. Just enter the game you want and click. Maybe the huge opening post scares people off? It's not like you have to make an extremely involved GOTY list. In my list I had five games with practically only a sentence after each.
It's a bummer that there are so few people voting. ResetEra as a crowd usually have a good taste in games. Indie games like Cuphead, What Remains of Edith Finch and Celeste I probably never would've tried if it wasn't for their high placing in their respective GOTY-lists. I usually buy games when they have been recommended by this place and are on sale.
It's a bummer that there are so few people voting. ResetEra as a crowd usually have a good taste in games. Indie games like Cuphead, What Remains of Edith Finch and Celeste I probably never would've tried if it wasn't for their high placing in their respective GOTY-lists. I usually buy games when they have been recommended by this place and are on sale.
The formatting was too much of a chore to take the time to post my favorites. All the red warning text and complex formatting...I just kinda was all like....nope. Good luck. They should of just put out a template with the games listed and you delete or add in text.
I think both voting lists and something more personal can be great. I think the mistake the GotY thread makes is it is trying to be too perfect by covering too many preferences/feedback. In the end I think it suffers from "perfect is the enemy of good" with all the well intentioned rules. IMO GotY voting on a message board should really try and cast as wide of a net as possible by being simple and straightforward. OTs and personal threads better serve this community for detailed discussions.
The formatting requirement is... bad.
If it was just "write your ranked list" or something, maybe I'd do it.
But also I just don't feel super passionate about many games from 2020. I loved Spider-Man: Miles Morales, it'd be #1 with a bullet.
Beyond that it's very shaky hand, "I pretty much enjoyed my time with this I guess"
If it was just "write your ranked list" or something, maybe I'd do it.
But also I just don't feel super passionate about many games from 2020. I loved Spider-Man: Miles Morales, it'd be #1 with a bullet.
Beyond that it's very shaky hand, "I pretty much enjoyed my time with this I guess"
Are people posting their goty's in another thread? I see this as like two questions: are people posting in the official thread so their favorite game can win, and are people posting their goty's to bring awareness or just reflect on them?
i usually like reading the goty thread to find out niche and missed out games
i usually like reading the goty thread to find out niche and missed out games
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