I mean, form and content it's probably The Sims, which is contemporaneous with this poll's era!
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
minecraft? tetris? pac man?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
microsoft solitaire
― wasdnous (abanana), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 22:56 (three years ago) link
minesweeper
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
candy crush or clash of clans
working years: windows solitaireretirement: angry birds on a tablet, on the couch
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
my ballot is in the making and WILL make the deadline
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 11:02 (three years ago) link
Nice!
I've downloaded 300+ images and counting for this poll. Still haven't decided how I'm going to use them.
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
downsample them to low resolutions and map onto elementary polygonal characters popping out of an ethereal fog, surely
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
^^
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
you could also use them as part of a FMV that takes 45 seconds to load and 10 seconds to watch
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
i wish i could recall the exact moment such FMVs went from gorgeous, rare and delicious treasures to absolute annoyances. sort of a repeat of what previously happened with snippets of digitized speech in the late floppy-disk era.i remember them still feeling special in Tomb Raider, and i'm pretty sure i knew a guy who taped all the Final Fantasy VII ones onto VHS to more easily appreciate them...
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 19:26 (three years ago) link
honestly, i think for me that moment was somewhere in the middle of playing FFVII, the first time around. at school my friends would be like "have you seen the freaking knights of the round summon???", and even though i hadn't seen it yet, i knew that i'd end up seeing one trillion times and would get sick of it
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
lol yeah that's so indulgent and ridiculous. not on my friend's tape though - that was specifically the prerendered plot-point cutscenes iirc.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
oh of course, that's right. the summons weren't FMV, they were rendered. in that case, i do not remember the moment that FMVs became bad! because i was totally into those pre-rendered cutscenes, haha
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
God I hate cut scenes usually
― big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
MGS2 was the first time my response to a cut scene was "come on tae fuck"
― Politically homely (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
i'm wondering if i ever really did burn out on them, or if i just stopped playing new games around 2001! ha. they definitely stopped feeling like special must-haves in the mid-90s though... like i had almost no urge to check out games like Wing Commander III/IV which were very much sold on their "cinematic" offerings.
but then again, Final Fantasy IX is on my ballot based on my experiences getting halfway through it circa 2011, and is there almost entirely for the cutscenes and the prerendered backdrops. the game eventually pissed me off enough that i quit, but i remember it as a really lovely, satisfying set of environments to be in.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
in the ps1 final fantasy days we had a lot more patience for... everything. i have strong memories of hanging out with my friend while he ran in little circles on a tiny island in ffvii because the monsters there gave good materia xp
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
I did not have patience, especially cos my son was very into watching me play on the PS and made me read all the FFVII text out to him
― big man on scampus (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
if you're not there for the grind, you're no friend at all
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
Haha my flatmates had patience up to a point while I went Chocobo Racing to get that Knights of the Round...
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
#ivoted
And kept it real based on what I actually played (if not always finished) and what made the deepest nostalgic impressions
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 21:12 (three years ago) link
Which was PS1 only, although I remember seeing a Dreamcast at some kid's house once, and they were playing a fighting game that looked just mindblowingly futuristic. I've never tracked down what it was.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
i remember them still feeling special in Tomb Raider, and i'm pretty sure i knew a guy who taped all the Final Fantasy VII ones onto VHS to more easily appreciate them...
I actually did this for MGS.
― I want to luhbahguh babum gum (Leee), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
<3
i love that shit
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
IN!
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Saturday, 7 November 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
Shit I was in the wrong thread when I wrote this so copy pasting it here -
If you are able to send your ballot by tomorrow go for it, if you need an extension please tell me here or at the email in the OP ASAP so we can figure it out. I am on vacation next week so I'd like to at the very least finish all of the prep if not start the rollout!
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Sunday, 8 November 2020 03:09 (three years ago) link
Sent my (slightly pedestrian) ballot. Hope it's in time!
― tangenttangent, Sunday, 8 November 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
totally in time! time for others to send em in too if they're out there. 18 ballots and counting is a pretty good number, can we hit 20 tho? 25?
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Sunday, 8 November 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
just sent mine in! We're voting for strictly playing these games on Console, right? (i.e. no votes for Civ2 on PC?)
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Sunday, 8 November 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
exactly -- if you played civ 2 on the console go for it, but computer games are just so tricky to place on the timeline fairly that it'll have to be another poll in like 2044 or something
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Sunday, 8 November 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
i let the board down by not following thru on a pc poll a few years ago AND inappropriately voted in will’s last poll for games i was really endorsing other versions of. one of these sins i have redeemed today; the other you never know.
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 8 November 2020 20:10 (three years ago) link
(was def tempted to vote for worms armageddon on ps1 tho; how compromised could it be)
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 8 November 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
yeah that was my dilemma on GTA
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Sunday, 8 November 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
submitted, hopefully no issues getting it in!
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Monday, 9 November 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
still down to vote in that PC poll anytime, dlh!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 9 November 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
i would, too!
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 November 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
lol oops
― DJP, Monday, 9 November 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
fix an oops and forget it!
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 November 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
the spreadsheet link is blocked by my work computer 😡
― DJP, Monday, 9 November 2020 16:39 (three years ago) link
I can send a copy of the sheet to your webmail, if that still works!
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 November 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
but no pressure of course. but if you don't vote for marvel puzzle quest, i'm not sure it's going to make the rollout ;)
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 November 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
If I only want to vote for 30 games, what do I do with the empty cells and their weighted points?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 9 November 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
All good! I just ignore the blank lines.
Anyone else? DJP?
Also, I think I've sent a response email to everyone who voted/whose ballot I put in the sheet. Does anyone not have a response?
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Monday, 9 November 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
djp: if you wanna just write your ballot out and email it i can assign the points too (or if karl already sent the spreadsheet that's cool too)
general note: good lord the #1 thru #5 or so games have switched order so many times in the past 48 hours i genuinely have no idea how its going to end even if we get only one more ballot! whoooaaaaahhhh
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Monday, 9 November 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
I was worried for a while because I didn't get an answer but just saw your e-mail so it's all good
― Dinsdale, Monday, 9 November 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
i had to look at the mall again to make sure i didn't miss anyone, and i missed one! it wasn't yours tho, i just forgot to email you :)
person who i missed: you should have an email now too!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Monday, 9 November 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
I am going to be off work in an hour, can I throw you a ballot then?
― DJP, Monday, 9 November 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
Once again I have not looked at ILX for a while and I would have said "of course" but you have since sent it so I will say "it has been counted!"
If anyone out there is reading this who also wants to do a last-minute ballot: I'll give you until tomorrow at noon(ish) (EST) before I for-real-for-real close the polling!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Monday, 9 November 2020 23:15 (three years ago) link