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13 Gunpei Yokoi (+++)

11 Sid Meier (-)
12 Fumito Ueda
12 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
12 Akihiro Hino

11 Goichi Suda
11 Koji Igarashi
11 Shinji Mikami
11 Yuuji Horii

11 Will Wright
11 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
11 Masahiro Sakurai
11 Takashi Tezuka

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Keiji Inafune
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Yasumi Matsuno

9 Alexey Pajitnov
9 Ken Levine
9 Eugene Jarvis
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin

8 Marc Pacini (-)
8 Dustin Browder (-)
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
8 James Ohlen

7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Ted Price
7 Kazunori Yamauchi
7 John Carmack & John Romero
7 Hideki Kamiya
7 Gregg Mayles

6 Tomohiro Nishikado
6 Masaya Kobayashi
6 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
6 Chris Taylor
6 Ron Gilbert

5 Roberta Williams (---)


Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura (sux)
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki



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11 Fumito Ueda (-)
11 Tetsuya Mizuguchi(-)
11 Akihiro Hino (-)
11 Goichi Suda
11 Koji Igarashi
11 Gunpei Yokoi (--)
11 Shinji Mikami
11 Yuuji Horii
11 Will Wright
11 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
11 Masahiro Sakurai
11 Takashi Tezuka

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Keiji Inafune
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Sid Meier (-)
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Yasumi Matsuno

9 Alexey Pajitnov
9 Ken Levine
9 Eugene Jarvis
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin

8 Marc Pacini
8 Dustin Browder
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
8 James Ohlen

7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Ted Price
7 Kazunori Yamauchi
7 John Carmack & John Romero
7 Hideki Kamiya
7 Gregg Mayles
7 Chris Taylor (+)
7 Tomohiro Nishikado (+)

6 Masaya Kobayashi
6 Roberta Williams  (+)
6 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
6 Ron Gilbert



Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura (sux)
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki



11 Shinji Mikami
11 Yuuji Horii
11 Will Wright
11 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
11 Masahiro Sakurai
11 Takashi Tezuka

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Keiji Inafune
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Sid Meier
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Fumito Ueda (-)
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi (-)
10 Akihiro Hino (-)
10 Goichi Suda (-)
10 Koji Igarashi (-)
10 Gunpei Yokoi (-)

9 Alexey Pajitnov
9 Ken Levine
9 Eugene Jarvis
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
9 Roberta Williams (+)(+)(+)

8 Marc Pacini
8 Dustin Browder
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
8 James Ohlen

7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Ted Price
7 Kazunori Yamauchi
7 John Carmack & John Romero
7 Hideki Kamiya
7 Gregg Mayles
7 Chris Taylor
7 Tomohiro Nishikado

6 Masaya Kobayashi
6 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
6 Ron Gilbert


Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura (sux)
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki



12 Sid Meier ++

11 Gunpei Yokoi +
11 Shinji Mikami
11 Yuuji Horii
11 Will Wright
11 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
11 Masahiro Sakurai
11 Takashi Tezuka

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Keiji Inafune
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Fumito Ueda
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Goichi Suda
10 Koji Igarashi

9 Ken Levine
9 Eugene Jarvis
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
9 Roberta Williams

8 Marc Pacini
8 Dustin Browder
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
8 James Ohlen

7 Alexey Pajitnov (-) (-)
7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Ted Price
7 Kazunori Yamauchi
7 John Carmack & John Romero
7 Hideki Kamiya
7 Gregg Mayles
7 Chris Taylor
7 Tomohiro Nishikado

6 Masaya Kobayashi

4 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle(-) (-)
4 Ron Gilbert (-) (-)


Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura (sux)
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki



12 Gunpei Yokoi (+)
12 Sid Meier
12 Masahiro Sakurai (+)

11 Shinji Mikami
11 Yuuji Horii
11 Will Wright
11 Takashi Tezuka
11 Goichi Suda (+)

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Keiji Inafune
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Fumito Ueda
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi

9 Ken Levine
9 Eugene Jarvis
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin

8 Marc Pacini
8 Dustin Browder
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
8 James Ohlen
8 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce (---)

7 Alexey Pajitnov
7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Ted Price
7 Kazunori Yamauchi
7 John Carmack & John Romero
7 Hideki Kamiya
7 Gregg Mayles
7 Chris Taylor
7 Tomohiro Nishikado

6 Masaya Kobayashi
6 Roberta Williams (---)

4 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
4 Ron Gilbert


Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura (sux)
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki



Around the Network

12 Gunpei Yokoi
12 Sid Meier
12 Masahiro Sakurai

11 Shinji Mikami
11 Yuuji Horii
11 Will Wright
11 Takashi Tezuka
11 Goichi Suda
11 Fumito Ueda (+)

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi

9 Keiji Inafune (-)
9 Ken Levine
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
9 Hideki Kamiya(++)

8 Eugene Jarvis (-)
8 Marc Pacini
8 Dustin Browder
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 James Ohlen
8 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce

7 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian (-)
7 Alexey Pajitnov
7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Ted Price
7 Gregg Mayles
7 Chris Taylor

6 Kazunori Yamauchi (-)
6 John Carmack & John Romero (-)
6 Tomohiro Nishikado (-)
6 Masaya Kobayashi
6 Roberta Williams

4 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
4 Ron Gilbert


Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki

Wow we've got a lot of haters, taking out all of the big names like Molyneux and Kojima just because the developers get so much credit. Jaffe too, although I don't think he's that great either. Still -6 votes is a lot of power to wield.



13 Gunpei Yokoi (+)

12 Sid Meier
12 Masahiro Sakurai

11 Shinji Mikami
11 Yuuji Horii
11 Will Wright
11 Takashi Tezuka
11 Goichi Suda
11 Fumito Ueda

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi

9 Ken Levine
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
9 Hideki Kamiya

8 Keiji Inafune (-)
8 Eugene Jarvis
8 Marc Pacini
8 Dustin Browder
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 James Ohlen
8 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce

7 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
7 Alexey Pajitnov
7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Ted Price
7 Gregg Mayles
7 Chris Taylor

6 Kazunori Yamauchi (-)
6 John Carmack & John Romero (-)
6 Tomohiro Nishikado (-)
6 Masaya Kobayashi
6 Roberta Williams

4 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle

3 Ron Gilbert (-)


Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki



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12 Sid Meier

11 Yuuji Horii
11 Will Wright
11 Takashi Tezuka
11 Goichi Suda
11 Fumito Ueda

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Gunpei Yokoi (-)(-)(-)
10 Masahiro Sakurai (-)(-)
10 Shinji Mikami (-)

9 Ken Levine
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
9 Hideki Kamiya
9 Roberta Williams (+)(+)(+)

8 Keiji Inafune
8 Eugene Jarvis
8 Marc Pacini
8 Dustin Browder
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 James Ohlen
8 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce

7 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
7 Alexey Pajitnov
7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Ted Price
7 Gregg Mayles
7 Chris Taylor

6 Kazunori Yamauchi
6 John Carmack & John Romero
6 Tomohiro Nishikado
6 Masaya Kobayashi

4 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle

3 Ron Gilbert


Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki



11 Sid Meier (-)

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Fumito Ueda (-)
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Goichi Suda (-)
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Takashi Tezuka (-)
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Yuuji Horii (-)
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Gunpei Yokoi
10 Will Wright (-)
10 Masahiro Sakurai
10 Shinji Mikami

9 Ken Levine
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
9 Hideki Kamiya
9 Roberta Williams

8 Keiji Inafune
8 Eugene Jarvis
8 Marc Pacini
8 Dustin Browder
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 James Ohlen
8 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce

7 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
7 Alexey Pajitnov
7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Masaya Kobayashi (+)
7 Ted Price
7 Gregg Mayles
7 Chris Taylor

6 Kazunori Yamauchi
6 John Carmack & John Romero
6 Tomohiro Nishikado

5 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle (+)

4 Ron Gilbert (+)


Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki



11 Sid Meier
11 Fumito Ueda (+)
11 Tetsuya Mizuguchi (+)
11 Yuuji Horii (+)

10 Eiji Aonuma
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Goichi Suda
10 To-ru Iwatani
10 Takashi Tezuka
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Gunpei Yokoi
10 Will Wright
10 Masahiro Sakurai
10 Shinji Mikami

9 Ken Levine
9 Yuji Naka
9 Martin Hollis
9 Tim Schafer
9 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
9 Hideki Kamiya
9 Roberta Williams

8 Keiji Inafune
8 Eugene Jarvis
8 Marc Pacini
8 Dustin Browder
8 Drew Karpyshyn
8 James Ohlen
8 Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce

7 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
7 Eiji Kikuchi
7 Masaya Kobayashi
7 Ted Price
7 Gregg Mayles
7 Chris Taylor

6 John Carmack & John Romero

5 Alexey Pajitnov (--)
5 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle

4 Kazunori Yamauchi (--)
4 Tomohiro Nishikado (--)
4 Ron Gilbert


Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki



Hates Nomura.

Tagged: GooseGaws - <--- Has better taste in games than you.