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Rubang B on 18 December 2007

19 Gunpei Yokoi (+2)

16 Eiji Aonuma (-3)

11 Masahiro Sakurai (+1)

10 Takashi Tezuka
10 Yuuji Horii

9 Fumito Ueda

8 Shinji Mikami (-3)

6 Yoshinori Kitase

3 Hideki Kamiya
3 Akihiro Hino

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.
Once there are only 5 developers left, only single votes will be allowed. 3 votes per day with at least 1 hour between each individual vote.
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. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov
18. Ken Levine
19. Marc Pacini
20. Sid Meier
21. Martin Hollis
22. Ted Price
23. Masaya Kobayashi
24. Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
25. Gregg Mayles
26. Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
27. Dustin Browder
28. Ron Gilbert
29. Eugene Jarvis
30. Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
31. Tim Schafer
32. Chris Taylor
33. Drew Karpyshyn
34. James Ohlen
35. Hiroshi Iuchi
36. Eiji Kikuchi
37. Will Wrong
38. To-ru Iwatani
39. Yuji Naka
40. Rieko Kodama
41. Koji Igarashi
42. Yasumi Matsuno
43. Tetsuya Mizuguchi
44. Hirohide Sugiura
45. Goichi Suda



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GooseGaws on 18 December 2007

Might as well do a little house-cleaning. It's going to be so hard to choose when it comes down to the wire, now...

19 Gunpei Yokoi

16 Eiji Aonuma

12 Fumito Ueda (+++)

11 Masahiro Sakurai

10 Takashi Tezuka
10 Yuuji Horii


8 Shinji Mikami

6 Yoshinori Kitase

0 Hideki Kamiya (---)
0 Akihiro Hino (---)

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.
Once there are only 5 developers left, only single votes will be allowed. 3 votes per day with at least 1 hour between each individual vote.
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. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov
18. Ken Levine
19. Marc Pacini
20. Sid Meier
21. Martin Hollis
22. Ted Price
23. Masaya Kobayashi
24. Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
25. Gregg Mayles
26. Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
27. Dustin Browder
28. Ron Gilbert
29. Eugene Jarvis
30. Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
31. Tim Schafer
32. Chris Taylor
33. Drew Karpyshyn
34. James Ohlen
35. Hiroshi Iuchi
36. Eiji Kikuchi
37. Will Wriggle
38. To-ru Iwatani
39. Yuji Naka
40. Rieko Kodama
41. Koji Igarashi
42. Yasumi Matsuno
43. Tetsuya Mizuguchi
44. Hirohide Sugiura
45. Goichi Suda
46. Hideki Kamiya
47. Akihiro Hino



Hates Nomura.

Tagged: GooseGaws - <--- Has better taste in games than you.
gurok on 18 December 2007

16 Eiji Aonuma
16 Gunpei Yokoi (---)

13 Takashi Tezuka (+++)

12 Fumito Ueda

11 Masahiro Sakurai

10 Yuuji Horii

8 Shinji Mikami

3 Yoshinori Kitase (---)

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.
Once there are only 5 developers left, only single votes will be allowed. 3 votes per day with at least 1 hour between each individual vote.
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. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov
18. Ken Levine
19. Marc Pacini
20. Sid Meier
21. Martin Hollis
22. Ted Price
23. Masaya Kobayashi
24. Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
25. Gregg Mayles
26. Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
27. Dustin Browder
28. Ron Gilbert
29. Eugene Jarvis
30. Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
31. Tim Schafer
32. Chris Taylor
33. Drew Karpyshyn
34. James Ohlen
35. Hiroshi Iuchi
36. Eiji Kikuchi
37. Will Wriggle
38. To-ru Iwatani
39. Yuji Naka
40. Rieko Kodama
41. Koji Igarashi
42. Yasumi Matsuno
43. Tetsuya Mizuguchi
44. Hirohide Sugiura
45. Goichi Suda
46. Hideki Kamiya
47. Akihiro Hino



Words Of Wisdom on 18 December 2007

16 Eiji Aonuma
16 Gunpei Yokoi

13 Yuuji Horii  (+++)
13 Takashi Tezuka

11 Masahiro Sakurai

9 Fumito Ueda (---)

5 Shinji Mikami (---)

3 Yoshinori Kitase

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.
Once there are only 5 developers left, only single votes will be allowed. 3 votes per day with at least 1 hour between each individual vote.
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. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov
18. Ken Levine
19. Marc Pacini
20. Sid Meier
21. Martin Hollis
22. Ted Price
23. Masaya Kobayashi
24. Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
25. Gregg Mayles
26. Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
27. Dustin Browder
28. Ron Gilbert
29. Eugene Jarvis
30. Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
31. Tim Schafer
32. Chris Taylor
33. Drew Karpyshyn
34. James Ohlen
35. Hiroshi Iuchi
36. Eiji Kikuchi
37. Will "She" Wrote
38. To-ru Iwatani
39. Yuji Naka
40. Rieko Kodama
41. Koji Igarashi
42. Yasumi Matsuno
43. Tetsuya Mizuguchi
44. Hirohide Sugiura
45. Goichi Suda
46. Hideki Kamiya
47. Akihiro Hino



thetonestarr on 18 December 2007

Darnit, I was going to bump Suda up a little.

19 Gunpei Yokoi (+)(+)(+)

16 Eiji Aonuma

13 Yuuji Horii
13 Takashi Tezuka

11 Masahiro Sakurai

9 Fumito Ueda

2 Shinji Mikami (-)(-)(-)

0 Yoshinori Kitase (-)(-)(-)

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.
Once there are only 5 developers left, only single votes will be allowed. 3 votes per day with at least 1 hour between each individual vote.
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. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov
18. Ken Levine
19. Marc Pacini
20. Sid Meier
21. Martin Hollis
22. Ted Price
23. Masaya Kobayashi
24. Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
25. Gregg Mayles
26. Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
27. Dustin Browder
28. Ron Gilbert
29. Eugene Jarvis
30. Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
31. Tim Schafer
32. Chris Taylor
33. Drew Karpyshyn
34. James Ohlen
35. Hiroshi Iuchi
36. Eiji Kikuchi
37. Will "She" Wrote
38. To-ru Iwatani
39. Yuji Naka
40. Rieko Kodama
41. Koji Igarashi
42. Yasumi Matsuno
43. Tetsuya Mizuguchi
44. Hirohide Sugiura
45. Goichi Suda
46. Hideki Kamiya
47. Akihiro Hino
48. Yoshinori Kitase



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fkusumot on 18 December 2007

19 Gunpei Yokoi

16 Eiji Aonuma

14 Masahiro Sakurai (+++)

13 Takashi Tezuka

11 Yuuji Horii (--)

6 Fumito Ueda (---)

1 Shinji Mikami (-)

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.
Once there are only 5 developers left, only single votes will be allowed. 3 votes per day with at least 1 hour between each individual vote.
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. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov
18. Ken Levine
19. Marc Pacini
20. Sid Meier
21. Martin Hollis
22. Ted Price
23. Masaya Kobayashi
24. Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
25. Gregg Mayles
26. Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
27. Dustin Browder
28. Ron Gilbert
29. Eugene Jarvis
30. Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
31. Tim Schafer
32. Chris Taylor
33. Drew Karpyshyn
34. James Ohlen
35. Hiroshi Iuchi
36. Eiji Kikuchi
37. Will "She" Wrote
38. To-ru Iwatani
39. Yuji Naka
40. Rieko Kodama
41. Koji Igarashi
42. Yasumi Matsuno
43. Tetsuya Mizuguchi
44. Hirohide Sugiura
45. Goichi Suda
46. Hideki Kamiya
47. Akihiro Hino
48. Yoshinori Kitase



I Blame Wii Fit!

Rubang B on 18 December 2007

22 Gunpei Yokoi (+3)

13 Eiji Aonuma (-3)
13 Takashi Tezuka

11 Masahiro Sakurai (-3)
11 Yuuji Horii

6 Fumito Ueda

1 Shinji Mikami

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.
Once there are only 5 developers left, only single votes will be allowed. 3 votes per day with at least 1 hour between each individual vote.
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. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov
18. Ken Levine
19. Marc Pacini
20. Sid Meier
21. Martin Hollis
22. Ted Price
23. Masaya Kobayashi
24. Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
25. Gregg Mayles
26. Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
27. Dustin Browder
28. Ron Gilbert
29. Eugene Jarvis
30. Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
31. Tim Schafer
32. Chris Taylor
33. Drew Karpyshyn
34. James Ohlen
35. Hiroshi Iuchi
36. Eiji Kikuchi
37. Will "She" Wrote
38. To-ru Iwatani
39. Yuji Naka
40. Rieko Kodama
41. Koji Igarashi
42. Yasumi Matsuno
43. Tetsuya Mizuguchi
44. Hirohide Sugiura
45. Goichi Suda
46. Hideki Kamiya
47. Akihiro Hino
48. Yoshinori Kitas



Favorite Companies: Nintendo, Blizzard, Valve.
Recent New Favorites: Grasshopper, Atlus. (R.I.P. Clover.)
Heroes/Homies: Shigeru Miyamoto, Gunpei Yokoi, Will Wright, Eric Chahi, Suda51, Brian Eno, David Bowie.
Haiku Group: Haiku Hell.
Nemeses: Snesboy, fkusumot. 
GameDaily Article that Interviewed Me: Console Defense Forces.

thetonestarr on 18 December 2007

The only way I can think that Ueda is still in it is thanks to the fact that nobody sees him as a threat.

Seriously, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are hardly grounds for "best developer EVAR".



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thetonestarr on 19 December 2007

22 Gunpei Yokoi


16 Eiji Aonuma (+)(+)(+)
13 Takashi Tezuka

11 Masahiro Sakurai
9 Yuuji Horii (-)(-)

3 Fumito Ueda (-)(-)(-)

0 Shinji Mikami (-)

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.
Once there are only 5 developers left, only single votes will be allowed. 3 votes per day with at least 1 hour between each individual vote.
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. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov
18. Ken Levine
19. Marc Pacini
20. Sid Meier
21. Martin Hollis
22. Ted Price
23. Masaya Kobayashi
24. Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
25. Gregg Mayles
26. Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
27. Dustin Browder
28. Ron Gilbert
29. Eugene Jarvis
30. Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
31. Tim Schafer
32. Chris Taylor
33. Drew Karpyshyn
34. James Ohlen
35. Hiroshi Iuchi
36. Eiji Kikuchi
37. Will "She" Wrote
38. To-ru Iwatani
39. Yuji Naka
40. Rieko Kodama
41. Koji Igarashi
42. Yasumi Matsuno
43. Tetsuya Mizuguchi
44. Hirohide Sugiura
45. Goichi Suda
46. Hideki Kamiya
47. Akihiro Hino
48. Yoshinori Kitas
49. Shinji Mikami



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thetonestarr on 19 December 2007

ATTN: THE NEXT PERSON TO ELIMINATE A DEVELOPER, COPY/PASTE THE FOLLOWING RULES IN PLACE OF THE CURRENT RULES:

NEW RULES: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you CAN NOT use all your votes at once.
Now that there are only 5 developers left, only single votes will be allowed. 3 votes per day with at least 1 hour between each individual vote.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.



 SW-5120-1900-6153