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Welcome to the 16th annual Greatest Game Event on VGChartz! I will be attempting to be your host this year with some help for the results by @axumblade, and of course I gotta start out with a HUGE THANKS to the previous hosts @Smeags, @Leadified and @mZuzek for starting and keeping this tradition alive for so many years. It’s been an awesome event and since a good number of people expressed an interest in continuing it that’s what we’re gonna try to do.

For those who don’t know the overall idea of the Greatest Game Event is to make a list of your Top 50 greatest/favorite games ever and list them one day at a time the last 50 days of the year (November 12^th – December 31^st). There’ll be an Official Thread soon for this purpose (where you may only post once) and a Discussion Thread where you can ramble to your hearts contents about why you choose those games and often try to guess other people’s games in our unofficial hint game.

If that sounds like fun all you gotta do is leave a post here saying you’re in and I’ll add you to the list of participants!

Despite the change in host the rules have remained essentially unchanged from previous years though I’ve tried to list them a little shorter.

Basic rules:

• Your top 50 is to be posted in the Official Thread (coming November 9^th) where you may ONLY POST ONCE. There will also be a Discussion Thread for self-explanatory purposes.
• If you don’t feel up to the task of posting your games one day at a time then don’t. It’s voluntary and it’s perfectly okay to post the whole list at once or 10 at a time or whatever you feel like. You’re very welcome to write about your games ongoingly in the Discussion Thread through, regardless of how you post your list.
• You can also send your list to me directly, though I’d prefer if as many people as possible post in the Official Thread. Either way it will be counted in the eventual Results Thread (fingers crossed).

What games can you pick?

• Every game* released before October 31st, 2025 is allowed to be included on your list (so sorry no Metroid Prime 4 guys).
• *By games we mean any standalone releases, so no collections, compilations mods or DLC. Fanmade games (like Black Mesa; you should play Black Mesa) are allowed.
• Remasters and remakes are generally counted together with the original game unless it’s a very significant overhaul like the Resident Evil remakes, the Metroid remakes, Final Fantasy VII remakes etc.

Things you should do:

• For your ONE POST in the Official thread, don't include images or descriptions. If you want to show images or talk about your favorite games at length, the Discussion thread is the place for that.
• If you include a reboot/remake with lazy naming such as Doom (2016) make sure to include the release year so it can be differentiated from the original. Release years and platforms are also very welcome to include in general somewhere in your list.
• Release years and platforms are also very welcome to include in general somewhere in your list. However, since I can’t promise the results will include top games by platform this year, I won’t consider it a requirement.
• It’s okay to make changes to your list, as long as you make them before December 31st. This also goes for lists send to me directly.

If you have any additional questions, send me a message or tag me and I’ll try to answer them.

Links to the glorious past:

2010: Sign-Ups / Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2011: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2012: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2013: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2014: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2015: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2016: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2017: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2018: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2019: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2010-2019 Decade Celebration!!
2020: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2021: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2022: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2023: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread
2024: Sign-Ups | Official Thread | Discussion Thread | Results Thread

List of participants so far:

1. UnderwaterFunktown
2. Veknoid_Outcast
3. BraLoD
4. Louie_86
5. Darashiva
6. Salnax
7. haxxiy
8. Wman1996
9. axumblade
10. Cerebralbore101
11. S.Peelman
12. mZuzek
13. Kaunisto
14. Shadow1980
15. curl-6
16. trunkswd
17. drbunnig
18. G2ThaUNiT
19. Darwinianevolution
20. Mnementh
21. Bofferbrauer2
22. coolbeans
23. Iveyboi
24. Pajderman
25. Machina
26. Farsala
27. Platina
28. Eric2048
29. Vinther1991
30. the Republic
31. forest-spirit

Thank you for keeping this alive!

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Here. Let me know how you want me to help. Like I said in the other thread, I’d be glad to help :)