@Kidfried Oh yeah, it’s been a really nice response to the poll! It’s possible that future rounds of actual voting might have less participation, but who knows.
As I’m sure you’ve thought about, one reasonable approach would be to scale the nominees into a couple categories where some move into the next round automatically, based on number of nominations, and some of the more niche nominations have a separate ‘weeding out’ run-off. It might simplify the process of elimination. Although, I don’t know, it might also confuse the masses who are showing up to just vote for Mass Effect 2 and Elden Ring and don’t even know what Space Quest and Dungeon Keeper 2 are. Also, I know early participants (before the flood gates opened) were tending to gauge their list based on whether a game had already been nominated.
But it just seems fair that games with multiple nominations maybe get a leg up. Just an idea and trying to consider how to make vote tabulation easier and also maintain community interest for the long haul.
Thinking about I’m seeing about 50% repeats and then another 50% being random more personal choices. Which is really, really cool to see, actually. I’m surprised at how diverse the community’s preferences and opinions are and how many retro nominations there are. I consider myself a fairly seasoned gamer, having experience back to PS1, but there are a lot of people who are reaching back even further than that. 😄
@Kidfried I think we started off nominating games that we knew others wouldn’t, in order to get a field of games for the next round. That seems to have slightly changed 😅
@Kidfried I’ll be missing it too since I have to work. 😞 There’s no question I’d rather be watching the show. But Push Square will have all the deets right away so we can be up to speed quickly afterward.
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I usually just catch the trailers of the games I'm interested in, in all their 4k goodness after the show. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything by not watching it live.
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@JohnnyShoulder Normally I am the same to be honest. The stream quality can be a bit rough in my experience and I can't skip the bits I have no interest in. And it's like, an hour I could be playing Zelda...!
@Kidfried I like the chats, but I tend not to use a computer/laptop for any browsing these days, and there is no mobile chat functionality. So, if I do watch a stream it's through YouTube on my TV.
First off I'm in a much better mental state now, though it's took me awhile to find some courage to talk to you guys...giving an opinion on a gaming news story? No problem. Talking about my mental health problems? Not so easy lol.
It was a good number of weeks before I read your replies because after posting I was worried I'd get a bunch of dismissive or judgemental messages, so I'm sorry for not giving you guys the benefit of the doubt.
I was left in tears reading your messages, I couldn't believe how kind, thoughtful and relatable your words were. It really made it worthwhile to open up if only to a handful of people. It's not something I'm going to forget in a long time.
As for the situation with the Doctors, well I took the appointment like I said previously and she referred me to a specialist. Funnily enough I missed a call from them today so will need to contact them tomorrow.
Ultimately I just wanted to thank you all for your kind words, you have no idea how much that meant to me, I had a hunch that the PS forums was the best place I knew to speak out and you guys proved me more then right.
@AdamNovice Great to hear things are going better for you and that you’re hopefully on the path to getting a formal diagnosis and the support that might offer.
And to echo what others have said, this little corner of a corner of the internet is a pretty welcoming place so there’s no problem posting stuff like this. Sometimes the anonymity of posting online can be useful, as can the process of sitting down and just typing out your thoughts/problems, even if you don’t even post them in the end.
Getting the whole process going is the hardest part so I just hope it all works out for you!
@AdamNovice hello mate, glad to see you are doing ok. Thanks for the update
I think you are the opposite of me. As soon as I post I'm like refreshing the page hoping for a response 😅 (kidding of course, that's a bit of an exaggeration 😂)
Hope you got back in touch with the specialist in the end, wishing you all the best with that 👍
@Kidfried 😄 I love those kind of anecdotes about peoples’ real lives. It also reminds me to play Disco Elysium.
I won’t be able to relate because the towns and settings I’ve lived in are nothing like what you’ve described. For me I feel more like I’m at home playing games like The Last of Us or Spider-Man.
It’s fun to sometimes play a game designed like on a real place you’ve visited or live in, but I love how gaming lets me experience places like Europe, Japan, or Africa where I simply can’t visit easily. Not to mention places like Ancient Egypt or futuristic space stations which are impossible to visit! 😄
@Th3solution It was funny when I went to Boston on my honeymoon as there were plenty of places I remembered from Fallout 4, even though it had been quite a while since I had played it.
And I enjoyed the anecdote @Kidfried. It's just a shame to hear how much of a mess the studio that made the game is in now.
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