GameSpot's All Time Greatest Hero Poll Sabotaged By 4chan.org

The users at 4chan.org continue to ruin GameSpot's All Time Greatest Hero Poll. This time they are using anonymous proxy servers to accomplish their goals. This unaltered image is a recent screen capture from the 4chan.org image board. It shows detailed instructions on how to use a proxy server to cast multiple votes. Certain users in this very topic have proudly claimed they have voted over 600 times.

Anyone with a basic knowledge of photoshop can prove this image is 100% legit. Also the technique described in this image works, further proving the poll is easily rigged.

The GameSpot staff knows about this problem and they continue to ignore it. Why? Because the whole contest is nothing more than a hit grab anyway. They just want the traffic spike and they dont care if the contest gets rigged. The more outrage there is the more hits they get. GameSpot is spitting in the face of its own users.

[Missan]

Why such a big deal over Master Chief loosing? He lost, get over it. He's not as popular as you thought.

[Elven6]

So you're ok with a forum community sabotaging another site?

[mintaro]

Apparently Kratos isn't either since he's been beat by lovely little pikachu.

:)

[Baka-akaB]

Who's to decide Master chief is more deserving than heroes from Puzzle bubbles/Bubble bobble anyway ??

And it's the nature of every poll of that kind , often organized at gamefaqs , with crappy outcomes anyway ... so why at least not let them have fun with it ? Espacially when the other side probably did it too

those polls are done for hits , it's not like gspot cares anyway .

PS : i never vote in those stuff , i aint interested and knows my heroes wouldnt win anyway against the likes of the same old zelda , mario , chief , sephiroth , cloud , etc etc

[umair_s51]

Well Kratos has a small lead over Pikachu atm, but Pikachu is some one really iconic. Master Chief lost to Bub and Bob, lol

[Baka-akaB]

well if i had been voting , i'd gone with the little guys too . the've been here longer and i care more about their games . their more iconic to me .

of course i might have been the 1-10% to vote for them :p

[Sk8boyP]

We are awesome! DEAL WITH IT! LOLOLOLOLHAHAHAHAHAH

[Redempteur]

WHY IS THIS HERE ?

Seriously ...

First gamespot polls has the same value as the countless gamefaqs polls .. And by that i mean nothing ..( it means nothing )

Second 4chan did it BECAUSE it will piss you off ... and by this article .. they won ..they achieved their purpose 100%

Third this is not news ... rigged polls ( gamespot , ign , gamefaqs and so on ) happens during the whole year non stop ... The only time it matters is when you're voting to elect someone ...

So in conclusion .... CRY SOME MORE !!!

Ps: Cry some more then because one of the most generic character created lost against one far better and with a better history

[Timesplitter14]

4chan saves the day!

and Bob & Bub TRULY ARE superior characters. I'm not even joking. Justice has been done. You think Space Marine #631 can beat these childhood heroes? Yeah right...

4chan doesn't do these things to piss people off : that's what outsiders think. 4chan does these things when they see the possibility of doing something impressive, hilarious and legendary. Kinda like when they put Moot as the world's #1 most influential person in Time magazine or when they put the blue Power Ranger in #1 place of Playboy's amateur beauty contest. It's just funny.

[evrfighter]

Master chief needs his guns and rocket launchers
Kratos needs his Godly weapons (literally)
All Gordon Freeman needs is a F*ckin crowbar.

nuff said

[poindat]

Rules 1 and 2, f*g.

;)

[Timesplitter14]

rules 1 & 2 are old and not funny anymore

[TheBand1t]

4chan hasn't been the same since Snacks was removed as an admin. ):

[umair_s51]

All Solid Snake relies on is CQC.

[WenisWagon]

Duke will win.

[NotSoSilentBob]

Hey elven6

How come you didn't say anything about the Vote of Forza vers GranTurismo? Forza Devs tried to swing the vote with promise of free content, yet GT still won. It is a stupid web hit thats all. They just want traffic.

[pixelsword]

Apparently, you've never been to N4G.
:)

I kid.

[Elven6]

I never said anything good about what Turn 10 did during that poll either. Why do people try painting me as a fanboy? I'm one of the most neutral people on this site!

[Megaton]

GameSpot polls: Srs biz, requiring investigation into Master Chief's loss.

[Panthers]

Homeland Security should look into this. This is big.

[thedisagreefairy]

only nintendo fanboys are voting

[Truth4You]

No one cares about Master Chiefs Bro... This is all about exposing the activities of the biggest scumbags on the web. Now please, go back to /b/ and beg for some cp. The rest of us will live in the civilized world, mocking the scumbags that live in your world.

Peace be with you.

[SmokeyMcBear]

haha i like the first thing it says is that the people for MC are doing the same thing so they must do it also.. this is too funny... people getting their feelings hurt. This is like the whole Forza telling people to vote in an internet poll to get free stuff all over again... damn fanboys and their internet polls.

[RockmanII7]

Butthurt droids mad that their Gaytos lost. Suck it up droids.

[FlipMode]

This comment is full of alot of fail.

[BrokenAnarchy]

Kratos is beating Pikachu dumbass...

http://www.gamespot.com/gre...

So what do the Bots still have in there?

[Pandamobile]

They've got nothing. The only other notable Xbox hero was beaten by Duke.

[Tr10wn]

PC fanboys trolling against xbox... just go do some proxy votes and stop crying already.

[table]

The poll by gamespot is just a bit of fun. These geeks are taking it way to seriously...

[Pandamobile]

Oh suck it up. /b/ does a lot of stuff like this. Stop bawwing over the fact that Master Chief lost in the first round of a redundant competition.

The more it pisses you off, the more that 4chan wins.

http://zip.4chan.org/v/res/...

[Truth4You]

Wow you really seem angry about something? Did you spend all weekend shill voting only to have your fun ruined? I guess the only people crying bitter tears are the 4chan users who wasted their lives.

[Pandamobile]

Me? Angry?

I'm not the one that signed up on N4G, just to post my crappy blog post about a completely useless subject.

You're even using 4chan memes in your comments. What does that tell you?

[SmokeyMcBear]

uhhh what truth?... how did you read that and get that he is angry.. haha.. wow man.. you're feelings really are hurt arent they? maybe you need to step away from your computer man.. get some fresh air.

[Baka-akaB]

that's actually the silliest thing , other than this waste of "article" ... why does he speak like a full blown 4chan cliché ?

[Cajun Chicken]

They were stupid matchups anyway.

[Truth4You]

Obvious fan bait is obvious.

4chan got rooked by gamespot.

[Baka-akaB]

dude .. 4chan is so imprinted in your psyche , that you even speak like them ... you might need to stop for obvious mental health care reasons

[GiantEnemyCrab]

This is a problem with ALL online poll's. Just because now it's on a forum in detail doesn't mean it hasn't been going on for a long time. Using a proxy to vote multiple times has been going on for years.

Even here at N4G it's how people managed to cheat the bubble system and have 50 accounts without the admins being able to track them.

The people who cheat are some sorry mofo's but even sorrier are the ones who use the fake poll to brag about something which is nothing but a complete fabrication.

[thebudgetgamer]

people are dumb.

:)

[NotSoSilentBob]

How come nothing negative was said when The Forza Devs tried to screw the GT vers Forza Poll with "free" content?

[Truth4You]

I guess someone has ruined their fun.

[SmokeyMcBear]

haha... oh man.. you're transparent. I dont think you understand what 4chan is.. its ok.. good luck with your blog.

[Redempteur]

Poor guy... 4chan angry ?

when 4chan is angry the servers crashes and believe me it happenned more than once .

[cry_some_moar]

You're a horrible troll, yet you did manage to troll a couple people so..

8/10, congrats.

[Poopface the 2nd]

people actually care about a vote between different characters?

If you think any video game character is a hero you are a failure.

[thebudgetgamer]

and yes they are.

:0

[Sniper430]

That was amazing, you managed to tell everyone off with 2 scentences. Fatality ;D

[Caestus]

Its even worse when people post this crap as news when no one else even cares. OP needs to QQ more since they seem to require the attention

[CommonCent]

Wait, people still go to Gamespot for news? lawl
I lost all interest in there advertisement portal ever since the Kane and Lynch bullshit.
Every time someone votes on that biased as all fack website, this one isn't any better, Gamespot gets more money, stop making their twats wet.......

[jmare]

CK cares if an internet poll is rigged? And by definition, aren't all internet polls rigged?

[Shadow017]

Master Cheif vs Samus would of been nice to see to bad Master Cheif didn't make it.

[Godofwar3rapes]

stop disagreeing and comment if u have the guts, master chief sucks

[Batzi]

as long as Snake wins I don't give a crap. GO SNAKE!

[Pandamobile]

Go Freeman =D

[ShabzS]

haha ... yeah freeman will break his nose with a crowbar.. Go Freeman !!

[JonnyBigBoss]

Master Chief? My god man. He's the dumbest looking hero in any game.

[ShabzS]

what? no way man ... he's awesome ....

definitely not THE best hero ever.. but damn he's a major bad ass

[Mo0eY]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA, the queef KNOCKED OUT ROUND 1. WHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHhA

[tehReaper]

Yeah, too bad. I guess when you're a fan of the PS3 and watch as Halo destroys sales every time a new one comes out you get desperate.

All I'm saying is that anyone who voted multiple times just so MC would lose is taking the trey brotherhood crap too seriously. When are you tools going to grow up?

[Mo0eY]

Yes, yes! GIVE ME YOUR TEARS, BOT!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.

[Krimmson]

I love how you think PS3 fans are behind this.
We even have 360 fanboys doing this just to see the tears.

[Rob0g0rilla]

I'm sure GameSpot is loving all of the hits these nerds are giving them.

[arsenal55]

LMAOOOOOO master chief owned by bub and bob.. w00t

[Hudahudahuda]

But Bub & Bob are the better hero's.

I fail to see the problem.

[bjornbear]

He isn't even a decade old...only people who got into gaming in the past 2 console generations give a flip about him.

I don't disagree with these sabotages, talk a bout a light crime xD

P.S. ehm...this is what comes to my mind EVERYTIME i think of master chief..

http://www.masterchef.com.a...

[NaiNaiNai]

banjo beating ico
mac beating cloud.

Wow this poll is so screwed up its not even funny.

after looking at some of the match up this entire thing is a joke.

[RockmanII7]

Banjo is epic. I haven't played Nuts and Bolts, but 1 and 2 were amazing games. As for Mac/Cloud... I've never really liked FF games

[Blaine]

I gave up on that site a LONG time ago when I couldn't stand them fueling the console war anymore. That site is the embodiment of flame bait.

Everyone should just stop visiting that site and let it die already.

[peeps]

yeh lol i didn't even know about this pointless poll until this article

[arcspartan]

Just as planned.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

/a/ cannot help!

Only "them we don't speak of" can crash the cool parties!

We leave to small one's to /a/, /r/, and /bif/ (formerly known as /gif/).

Son...

...you know the rest.

[arcspartan]

Vote Little Mac for the ultimate underdog win and delicious weeaboo tears.

[Jamescagney]

Nerd Wars. Fantastic.

[rohail88]

.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I'm one of the /b/tards that did it too.

Haha...

[Infernus]

...seriously, we all know Wigglytuff is the greatest hero of all time anyway, why even setup a poll in the first place?

[Eruonen]

"Anyone with a basic knowledge of photoshop can prove this image is 100% legit. Also the technique described in this image works, further proving the poll is easily rigged."
This is completely false. It's so easy to edit the source code with Firebug or Opera's Developer Tools and take a screenshot.

Of course the image is most likely not forged, but your "proof" is flawed anyway.

[kwyjibo]

The bigger flaw is that no one cares if the image is forged, because no one would bother over such an insignifant nothing.

EDIT -

I just read the image too. This news submission is nothing but a jilted Master Chief idolist.

[rohail88]

Kratos wins!

[kwyjibo]

I cannot believe that someone has bothered to register a blog and pseudonym to vent their frustrations at a GameSpot poll.

This is a user who is clearly annoyed that their favourite character got voted off.

Only, no one gives a sh*t about 4chan trolling some imbecile meaningless poll.

[Dracuul]

Anyone else notice how the directions in this MONUMENTAL PHOTOSHOP EXPOSE... don't actually work? They never did; it's all smoke and mirrors. The posts in question are complete gibberish made to look "knowledgeable".

Protip: the author of this fail blog made the posts he screen-capped, then trolled a bunch of unstable Halo fanboys suffering from system shock from their hero losing to Bub and Bob for his own mental games.

Enjoy your super AIDS.

[gchamplin]

Calm down /b/ro. It's just a dumb poll, and JC Denton already lost so obviously it doesn't matter anymore. Deus Ex ftw.

[ChoiSong]

>>Sabotaged

[ProjectKurtz]

u mad

[arcspartan]

Blog poster is most likely a /b/tard who posted this to piss off people on /b/and /v/.