Runoff, 2002, Game of the Year

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Veknoid_Outcast said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

This looks like its going to be another year with a runoff vote. I think in previous years, Nintendo fans often agreed what the top Nintendo game was in any given year, so there were fewer runoff votes. Nintendo fans are basically doing that for 2002 as well. But PS2 fans have a lot more variety in their tastes and so we are getting a lot of "Other" votes. Even GTA doesn't get the type of universal agreement that a Nintendo game often gets. The PS2's main strength is that it had a huge variety in its game library.

But what that all means for me is a whole lot of runoff votes LOL.

Sorry if I’m being dense, but why would a run-off be necessary if one game earns more votes than all “others” combined?

In the past "Other" has gotten 2nd place, and then one of the "Other" games ended up winning in the runoff.  For example this happened with Phantasy Star in 1987. 

Being one of the 9 games in the poll is an advantage.  So, if there are enough "Other" votes, then a different game needs to have a chance at winning.  This has already happened enough in past polls to show that 2nd place is the right amount for "Other" to cause a runoff.