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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.

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5346d ago Replies(4)
Missan5346d ago

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

Elven65346d ago

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

mintaro5346d ago

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

:)

Baka-akaB5346d ago (Edited 5346d ago )

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_s515346d ago

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-akaB5346d ago

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

Sk8boyP5346d ago (Edited 5346d ago )

We are awesome! DEAL WITH IT! LOLOLOLOLHAHAHAHAHAH

Redempteur5346d ago

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

Timesplitter145346d ago (Edited 5346d ago )

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.

evrfighter5346d ago

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

Timesplitter145346d ago

rules 1 & 2 are old and not funny anymore

TheBand1t5346d ago

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

umair_s515346d ago

All Solid Snake relies on is CQC.

NotSoSilentBob5345d ago

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.

pixelsword5345d ago

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

I kid.

Elven65345d ago

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!

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Megaton5346d ago

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

Panthers5346d ago

Homeland Security should look into this. This is big.

thedisagreefairy5346d ago

only nintendo fanboys are voting

Truth4You5346d ago

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.

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Rebel_Scum3d ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Giblet_Head5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.