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Originally posted by bltzkriegmcanon
I'm once again split because I don't think this contest is entirely fair. The games that are pitted against each other are in entirely different genres and some are sleepers that no one has ever heard of, while others are among the most popular games ever. That's right. I emphasize popular because some of the games that are in the top 16 are mega-popular, but still not that immensely great, nor are they even close to the supposed "Best.Game.Ever" status that GameFaqs means to promote. Between the two games posted, I can't, with good conscience say that either game is better than the other.
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I agree that it's not terribly fair for sleeper games to face popular games...but then again, this is a single website's popularity contest that's wearing a mask that says "Best. Game. Ever.", so how fair would it be for many popular games to be eliminated in the first and second rounds? You can't really only accept votes from people who's played both games extensively, so you can't expect it to be that way, however nice that would be.
The seedings were based on a nomination system that had submissions sent in from anybody who wanted to be heard. It can't be helped that Gunstar Heroes got out-nominated by LoZ:LttP, Panzer Dragoon Saga got the short end of the stick compared to Goldeneye, Punch-Out and Megaman 2 didn't get enough nominations to get into the tourny at all, or any other cases.