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GameSpot: All Time Greatest Video Game Hero Controversy

For many of you who have recently visited GameSpot may have found yourself on the "All Time Greatest Hero" bracket. You may also noticed that the first round is plagued with unfair match-ups such as Cloud Strife vs Lester K. Chaykin, or Master Chief vs Bub & Dub. But if you were like me an you saw Bub & Dub you immediately voted for them, because they gave you some of the best times you've had playing games growing up. Even last week me and 4 of my friends, lost our selves in gaming bliss playing Bust-A-Move for the SNES for 4-5 hours straight. And if you did vote for them you also weren't surprised that Bub & Dub were winning.

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Saaking5365d ago (Edited 5365d ago )

MasterChief lost, deal with it. People don't NEED to like him. IMO he's one of the worst video game characters. I voted for Bub & Dub

Mu5afir5365d ago

It was joke to have Master Chief in the running for "All Time Greatest Hero." Good thing people caught on.. I mean they were ranking him against Bud and Bob. Gamespots attempt at rigging the election backfired. LOL They underestimated Bud and Bob fans.. characters I grew up with.. and are some of by favorites of all time.

Redempteur5365d ago (Edited 5365d ago )

sorry but Master chief is not charismatic at all ...

FIrst of all halo is played in First person so it's hard to identify to the hero AND second what a generic design ... he is just a all around soldier ...

Third he was against a character more original in a game that spammed countless copycats over the decades ...
Of course he will lose ..there no identification to the hero , no fun factor associated with him ..no catchy phrases ..no way to make him that great ..

That doesn't mean that halo is bad ... Just that the hero is generic and forgettable ...

And that's sad because many other fps managed to make their characters great ... ( i think gordon freeman ..in a similar setting in 1999 managed to achieve that status thank to an interraction with other people and a background that is way better ( scientific caught in a experiment that gone wrong ... even THAT picture of him with the crossbar is cult now )

Viper75365d ago

Bub and Bob deserve to win this.

I mean cute dinosaur/dragon duo that shoot bubbles and turn their enemies in to vegetables you cant really be more original than that.
Besides dinosaurs = awesome?

Generic space marine characters like master chief cant really even compete against characters like these. Only doom guy(the father of all fps space marine protagonists) might have a chance because hes heroic deeds greatly overpower the achievements of MC. However even he would probably be captured in a bubble and turned in to a vegetable :|

terrandragon5365d ago

You think that was twisted? What about Mario vs. Bonk?

Aloren5365d ago

It's pretty obvious that was twisted... there are usually about 40k voters, and somehow, Bub & Bob alone manage to get 45k voters.

That can mean two things :
Either Bub & Bob have a huge fan base, bigger than snake, twice as big as sonic, almost 3 times bigger than Nathan Drake, and Master Chief and his 35k votes couldn't take them even though he would have won almost any other match-up... If that's the case, I wonder what are they waiting for to release the ultimate Bub & Bob game, since it's gonna sell like wii fit ...
or the vote was twisted by retards who just wanted to vote against Master Chief because it's on Xbox.

The number of voters tends to prove it was twisted.

mfwahwah5365d ago

Want to know why I think it's twisted? I go on 4chan. I went to /v/ (the video game section) and I saw the damn thread that was organizing that very match up. It's no surprise. Remember when Rick Astley won that MTV award thing? That was 4chan, 100%.

They do this stuff because they have nothing better to do. It's the truth.

Viper75364d ago (Edited 5364d ago )

Well like I said, 4chan probably started it by spreading the word. The power of spreading the word in Voting contests can be really effective if you can inform the right audience.

It wasnt hard to make few of my friends to vote for bub and bob since its just a single click. Imagine ppl from 4chan informing other boards about this voting thing then from those other boards theres high chance that 1-3 ppl at least will inform yet few of their favorite boards and the cycle continues until there are plenty of votes for bub and bob.

Just google: Bub and Bob gamespot
and you'll see this on many boards

"Anonymous are a legion" sentence has quite a lot truth in it.

I know that some might use proxies but then again I doubt that even that is one sided (some MC fans seem to be very angry about this anyways so its highly likely that there are ppl also trying to make MC win as well)

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Saaking5365d ago

hahahah, Master Chief got owned! Cry bots! Hahahahahahahahahah!

Game13a13y5364d ago

and Marcus from GeOW too.. LALMOMOAMOALAMALMAOALAAmo
bots, buy a PS3 and join the winning side before its too late

Kamikaze1355365d ago

I wonder what happened?

*seals mouth and throws away the key*

=X

Game13a13y5364d ago

yaaa.. i know, its so funny. Marcus Fenix is losing too. two of the top icons from 360 are getting pwned

life doomer5365d ago

i see your still a little but hurt from from ign's top 25 consoles list

xdye0175365d ago

Its probably because alot of sony droids went to vote against master chief lol. He still stands to be one of the most popular video game heroes in history unlike that thing in LBP. What was it called again......oh yeah....f@gboy.

PirateThom5365d ago

Yes, yes, just like Sony droids started petitions against Left 4 Dead 2. It's always the Sony Droids, it's not that more people like Bub and Bob than Mister Chef.

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A Matter Of Trust: What The Game Industry Should Do To Win Gamers Back

Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.

anast4d ago

Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.

Garethvk4d ago

How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.

anast4d ago

Wait until release. Watch Gameplay. Exercise patience.

Garethvk4d ago

But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.

1nsomniac4d ago

Get rid of the suits in the industry and job done!!

Garethvk4d ago

They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.

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From The Last of Us to Baldur's Gate 3: The success of the Game Music Festival

Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.

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