I have CHORTLES!

Loving the work you're putting into this, and I definitely like the banner system (do it in my own threads myself, and with great results). It's gonna take a lot of work to get through this, but it's definitely a great cause!

Has it been stickied yet? Cause Max over here is teh king of teh stickies!

Gnizmo said: Cueil said: In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. His post doesn't meet those guidelines and your "rule" is suspect considering your own post could be viewed as Trolling, also I find the way you mod in general to be highly irregular recently. Hrmm. Mentioning that you "died" a little inside because one console company dominated the top 10. Nope, not inflammatory or irrelevant at all.

His opinion is just as valid as yours... his comment was "colorful" at worst and his personality is what keeps these forums interesting.  Banning should only occurs when it's obvious that the user is intending to disrupt the discussion...

 

OT:  We all do appreciate the hard work you're putting into this thread regardless of what we may think of what games sell well

Just for the fun, here's the top 50 when you look at scores, based on Metacritic so far... actually, these are all the games with 90+ scores...

So: 23 X360 games, 16 PS3 games, 11 Wii games, 7 DS games and 1 PSP game... many, many mutliplatforms, but i will put each individual release, so that's a total of 58 games...


01 to 02 (98):

Grand Theft Auto IV (X360) - Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)

03 to 04 (97):

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) - Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

05 to 06 (96):

BioShock (X360) - The Orange Box (X360)

07 to 08 (95):

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - LittleBigPlanet (PS3)

09 to 17 (94):

Gears of War (X360) - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (X360) - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (X360) - Halo 3 (X360) - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) - BioShock (PS3) - Street Fighter IV (PS3) - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) - World of Goo (Wii)

18 to 24 (93):

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS) - Braid (X360) - Street Fighter IV (X360) - Fallout 3 (X360) - Gears of War 2 (X360) - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PS3) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)

25 to 34 (92):

Chrono Trigger (DS) - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS) - Guitar Hero II (X360) - Rock Band (X360) - Batman: Arkham Asylum (X360) - FIFA Soccer 10 (X360) - Rock Band 2 (X360) - FIFA Soccer 10 (PS3) - Rock Band (PS3) - Rock Band 2 (Wii)

35 to 46 (91):

Flipnote Studio (DS) - Mario Kart (DS) - God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) - Mass Effect (X360) - NHL 10 (X360) - Rock Band 2 (PS3) - Killzone 2 (PS3) - NHL 10 (PS3) - Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3) - Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) - Resident Evil 4 (Wii) - Beatles: Rock Band (Wii)

47 to 58 (90):

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) - Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS) - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (X360) - Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (X360) - Portal: Still Alive (X360) - Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (X360) - Forza Motorsport 2 (X360) - Fallout 3 (PS3) - MLB 09: The Show (PS3) - Guitar Hero 5 (Wii) - Okami (Wii) - Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)

Cueil said: Gnizmo said: Cueil said: In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. His post doesn't meet those guidelines and your "rule" is suspect considering your own post could be viewed as Trolling, also I find the way you mod in general to be highly irregular recently. Hrmm. Mentioning that you "died" a little inside because one console company dominated the top 10. Nope, not inflammatory or irrelevant at all. His opinion is just as valid as yours... his comment was "colorful" at worst and his personality is what keeps these forums interesting.  Banning should only occurs when it's obvious that the user is intending to disrupt the discussion...   OT:  We all do appreciate the hard work you're putting into this thread regardless of what we may think of what games sell well

Substance. Content is king. Threads lacking content can and will be locked. Some tips to keep you and your posts out of trouble:
 Do not post only that Item A sucks, or that Item B is better than Item C. Give reasons why, post links to documented problems, of screenshots, or  whatever you can. Similarly, do not reply to other posters with "you're wrong." Explain why you disagree, and perhaps point to the correct  answer.

Quoted from the forum rules. Specifically rule number 5. According the forum rules his opinion, as stated, is not as valid as mine as it does not have anything of substance to back it up. There was already a moderator warning telling people to cut it out, and he pushed his luck. His actions are wholey supported by the rules of the forum that you have agreed to. If you would like more consistent moderation then I suggest you either try to get the rules changes, or jump on moderators who are not actually acting within the rules.

Gnizmo said: Cueil said: Gnizmo said: Cueil said: In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. His post doesn't meet those guidelines and your "rule" is suspect considering your own post could be viewed as Trolling, also I find the way you mod in general to be highly irregular recently. Hrmm. Mentioning that you "died" a little inside because one console company dominated the top 10. Nope, not inflammatory or irrelevant at all. His opinion is just as valid as yours... his comment was "colorful" at worst and his personality is what keeps these forums interesting.  Banning should only occurs when it's obvious that the user is intending to disrupt the discussion...   OT:  We all do appreciate the hard work you're putting into this thread regardless of what we may think of what games sell well Substance. Content is king. Threads lacking content can and will be locked. Some tips to keep you and your posts out of trouble:  Do not post only that Item A sucks, or that Item B is better than Item C. Give reasons why, post links to documented problems, of screenshots, or  whatever you can. Similarly, do not reply to other posters with "you're wrong." Explain why you disagree, and perhaps point to the correct  answer. Quoted from the forum rules. Specifically rule number 5. According the forum rules his opinion, as stated, is not as valid as mine as it does not have anything of substance to back it up. There was already a moderator warning telling people to cut it out, and he pushed his luck. His actions are wholey supported by the rules of the forum that you have agreed to. If you would like more consistent moderation then I suggest you either try to get the rules changes, or jump on moderators who are not actually acting within the rules.

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That is the main rule being broken here, I did not make up some rule out of the blue, people literally came into the thread said how awful they thought the top ten was, nothing to back it up and there were so many violations it was easier to just so NO MORE then go back and ban every person prior I actually was being nice about the subject, now if you want I can reverse my kindness and moderate each and every person that violated that rule.

Now that this is out of the way lets enjoy the thread instead of trolling and/or bickering about why you can't troll.

Gnizmo, for the record, I didn't see his warning. Even if I was was violating a rule it wasn't severe enough to warrant a ban.

His intention was to keep the thread on topic and by banning me he's done the opposite, so fission mailed I guess. It's no biggie anyway, I was only gone for a few hours.

Wow, excellent job I must say! Can't wait to see the full list :)

--OkeyDokey-- said: Gnizmo, for the record, I didn't see his warning. Even if I was was violating a rule it wasn't severe enough to warrant a ban. His intention was to keep the thread on topic and by banning me he's done the opposite, so fission mailed I guess. It's no biggie anyway, I was only gone for a few hours.

Actually due to mod discretion and the progressive ban rule any violation could be "severe" enough to warrent a ban, because it is up to the moderator on the action to take.

Be sure you don't forget to keep content in your comments and stay on topic people.

Viper1 said: yo_john117 said: Great work!  I could see Halo 3 moving up to the 13-14 spot in a bout a year, that is if the couple games above it don't sell that much (which looks like they won't) or if another game doesn't outsell it (can't think of any except for maybe a nintendo game or two, MW2, Halo: Reach) Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros Wii and Wii Wit Plus will negate the move up 3 spaces keeping it at 17.  MW2 has a chance to push it to 18.

I doubt Wii Sports will pass it since its not bundled this time, and a lot of people who already own Wii Fit plus probably won't be picking Wii Fit Plus up.  They could sell more but I highly doubt it.  and MW2 definitely will sell more.