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Euphoria14 said:

I am pretty sure if the GT forums admin said "There is a poll involving Gran Turismo on "X" website. Please take a moment to vote for the game you love and receive an in-game item." the GT Fans who frequent those forums would do the same.

It takes 5 seconds and it benefits them. It is not like those Forza fans were going to vote for GT anyways.

Nobody is blaming the people who voted, and ironically, nobody is blaming the forum leadership. Instead, the are blaming the game coders, who probably don't even know about this, even now.

Is that the truth?



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ZenfoldorVGI said:
outlawauron said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Euphoria14 said:
54% Forza 3
46% Gran Turismo 5


Previously was:

52% Forza 3
48% Gran Turismo 5

Can't you vote as many times as you want? When this story picks up, some fan from probably the Sony side, will get a bot and make it a million to 10. He will be applauded, not flamed, because people on this forum like GT, and it is a golden cow.

You realize how stupid this sounds. You say that someone will cheat the system and will be praised for it?

 

How dumb. Threads over at Playstation boards were locked after just two or three posts.

Yeah, somebody will be PRAISED for it. It happened on metacritic, remember? When 360 fans gathered to give R2 a low rating, Gears 2 was then destroyed by bots, voting 1/10, and Sony fans, as well as MS fans on the contrary games, cheered and laughed? Is it stupid if it actually happened 6 months ago, and happens everyday?

Now, I agree bot voting is stupid, but I hope you do realize that it is not stupid to understand that people actually enjoy it when it helps them.

Is that stupid outlaw? Am I stupid, really?

The Metacritic fan voting is entirely stupid. I know that and you know that. Although, there wasn't much cherring over here. Maybe a little laughter.

And I didn't say you were stupid.



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ZenfoldorVGI said:
Euphoria14 said:

I am pretty sure if the GT forums admin said "There is a poll involving Gran Turismo on "X" website. Please take a moment to vote for the game you love and receive an in-game item." the GT Fans who frequent those forums would do the same.

It takes 5 seconds and it benefits them. It is not like those Forza fans were going to vote for GT anyways.

Nobody is blaming the people who voted, and ironically, nobody is blaming the forum leadership. Instead, the are blaming the game coders, who probably don't even know about this, even now.

Is that the truth?

In a nutshell, yes, you're probably right.

All I know is that if I owned Forza 2, frequented the Forza forums and thought I was getting some free Forza 2 DLC I would be right there voting along with them.



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outlawauron said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
outlawauron said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Euphoria14 said:
54% Forza 3
46% Gran Turismo 5


Previously was:

52% Forza 3
48% Gran Turismo 5

Can't you vote as many times as you want? When this story picks up, some fan from probably the Sony side, will get a bot and make it a million to 10. He will be applauded, not flamed, because people on this forum like GT, and it is a golden cow.

You realize how stupid this sounds. You say that someone will cheat the system and will be praised for it?

 

How dumb. Threads over at Playstation boards were locked after just two or three posts.

Yeah, somebody will be PRAISED for it. It happened on metacritic, remember? When 360 fans gathered to give R2 a low rating, Gears 2 was then destroyed by bots, voting 1/10, and Sony fans, as well as MS fans on the contrary games, cheered and laughed? Is it stupid if it actually happened 6 months ago, and happens everyday?

Now, I agree bot voting is stupid, but I hope you do realize that it is not stupid to understand that people actually enjoy it when it helps them.

Is that stupid outlaw? Am I stupid, really?

The Metacritic fan voting is entirely stupid. I know that and you know that. Although, there wasn't much cherring over here. Maybe a little laughter.

And I did say you were stupid.

I thought you implied it. I must have been wrong. That said, the laughing was obviously passive agressive sheer JOY from some of the fanboys on the net.

It was VERY stupid, but some love it. Some will love it if it happens here.

Anyway, I've posted too much in this thread. I'm gonna leave it for a while, and let others have their opinions heard, but most of the posts before mine were just gleeful bashing with incorrect presumptions, imo, so I hope the thread gets better.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

@outlawauron

"And I did say you were stupid."

LOL!

I am pretty sure you should edit that because I am sure that is not what you meant to type.



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But isn't this in a forza 3 forum? So the people voting would have ost likely voted for them anyway...



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Naturally, they only matter to the geeks to really care about X arbitrary internet poll. Or in this case, how many people think the game they're planning on buying is going to be favored by more people in said arbitrary internet poll.

And yes, it would seem a bit odd for someone who preferred the GT franchise to want an in game car for a game they presumably won't be buying, but then the whole (internet forum=logic) doesn't always work as most of us are well aware of.

I'll probably end up buying both anyway since one will be available this year and the other next year. Until I've played both extensively, I really don't have an opinion of which is "better."



Strategyking92 said:
But isn't this in a forza 3 forum? So the people voting would have ost likely voted for them anyway...

What exactly is the bribe? A unicorn? Is that like an in game paint job? i didn't read the thread thoroughly, so forgive me if answered.

If it is an ingame car, wouldn't the people who are going to own the game, the only ones who would vote for it?

I mean, isn't it like a campaign promise? You vote for me, and I'll lower your taxes when I get in office?

What is the "bribe" exactly?



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

ZenfoldorVGI said:
outlawauron said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
outlawauron said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Euphoria14 said:
54% Forza 3
46% Gran Turismo 5


Previously was:

52% Forza 3
48% Gran Turismo 5

Can't you vote as many times as you want? When this story picks up, some fan from probably the Sony side, will get a bot and make it a million to 10. He will be applauded, not flamed, because people on this forum like GT, and it is a golden cow.

You realize how stupid this sounds. You say that someone will cheat the system and will be praised for it?

 

How dumb. Threads over at Playstation boards were locked after just two or three posts.

Yeah, somebody will be PRAISED for it. It happened on metacritic, remember? When 360 fans gathered to give R2 a low rating, Gears 2 was then destroyed by bots, voting 1/10, and Sony fans, as well as MS fans on the contrary games, cheered and laughed? Is it stupid if it actually happened 6 months ago, and happens everyday?

Now, I agree bot voting is stupid, but I hope you do realize that it is not stupid to understand that people actually enjoy it when it helps them.

Is that stupid outlaw? Am I stupid, really?

The Metacritic fan voting is entirely stupid. I know that and you know that. Although, there wasn't much cherring over here. Maybe a little laughter.

And I did say you were stupid.

I thought you implied it. I must have been wrong. That said, the laughing was obviously passive agressive sheer JOY from some of the fanboys on the net.

It was VERY stupid, but some love it. Some will love it if it happens here.

Anyway, I've posted too much in this thread. I'm gonna leave it for a while, and let others have their opinions heard, but most of the posts before mine were just gleeful bashing with incorrect presumptions, imo, so I hope the thread gets better.

Blah, check me edit. I didn't mean to say you were stupid.

I laughed at the meta voting, just because I thought it was funny that people care enough to lower down the score.



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And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows."

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