March Mayhem: Developers' Showdown Has Begun

[Spinwhiz]

March Mayhem: Developers' Showdown Has Begun

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March Mayhem: Developers' Showdown has begun and your favorite developers are looking for your support. Each time you vote you receive an extra entry towards the Grand Prize, an Alienware M15x Gaming Laptop!

It is that time of year again! You, the community, and gaming communities from around the world will vote for your favorite developers to see who is the final one standing. March Mayhem: Developers' Showdown Round 1 is now live and your favorite developers are waiting for your votes. Each time you vote, you gain an entry towards one of the amazing Alienware gaming laptops, including the the prizes [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/prizes/5].

Each round is open for 48 hours, so get those votes in! To begin voting, head over to the Official March Mayhem: Developers' Showdown bracket by clicking here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/standings/5]. Good luck!

For all of the rules and how to participate, please visit our rules page here.

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[Distorted Stu]

So... it begins...

DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUN

 

[Gxas]

It seems that filling out my bracket beforehand cast my votes already.

I was under the impression that I could vote twice. Teach me to read more carefully next time.

 

[Zhukov]

Here we go. Oh dear.

Remember the rules people. Fists and bludgeons only. No puncturing or edged weapons.

...

Anyway, some interesting match-ups in there. I'm curious to see the result of Team Ico Vs Epic.

Also, let's try and get Zynga out of there right away.

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

Well, fully voted for Round 1. ^_^

 

[Armored Prayer]

I did my voting back when filling out my bracket.

Now I'll do my semi tradition of posting my opinions in each thread.

 

[funksobeefy]

we vote with our brackets? Thats odd, I didnt know that

 

[Simalacrum]

Well, I was able to get the "I just had a feeling" badge last time, hopefully I'll hit the mark again this time...

Cmooooon Valve! Go Valve! Wooooooh! *celebrates during the only time that even a hint of fanboyism is tolerated on the forums by the community *

 

[Owlslayer]

Well, may the best developer win. Or in some cases, the one with the biggest number of loyal followers.
Anyways, looking forward to the next rounds. Wonder if any other developers will market the contest in their game this year? i guess we'll see.

 

[Sean Strife]

Well, may the best developer win. Or in some cases, the one with the biggest number of loyal followers.
Anyways, looking forward to the next rounds. Wonder if any other developers will market the contest in their game this year? i guess we'll see.

You KNOW Zynga's gonna do it: they did it last year. Hell, it took Valve advertising on Steam (plus everybody on the Escapist and, yes, 4chan) to finally stop the Zynga machine. At least this year, we know what we're up against.

Staff Sargeant Sean Strife of the ABZ Militia, reporting in.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Each time you vote you receive an extra entry towards the Grand Prize, an Alienware M15x Gaming Laptop

I still think "gaming laptop" just sounds weird...

 

[Spinwhiz]

It seems that filling out my bracket beforehand cast my votes already.

I was under the impression that I could vote twice. Teach me to read more carefully next time.

I did my voting back when filling out my bracket.

Now I'll do my semi tradition of posting my opinions in each thread.

we vote with our brackets? Thats odd, I didnt know that

Something may be messed up. You should have to go through each match-up again on the Official bracket for your votes to count. Please try that and let me know what happens. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/standings/5

 

[krychek57]

It seems that filling out my bracket beforehand cast my votes already.

I was under the impression that I could vote twice. Teach me to read more carefully next time.

I did my voting back when filling out my bracket.

Now I'll do my semi tradition of posting my opinions in each thread.

we vote with our brackets? Thats odd, I didnt know that

Something may be messed up. You should have to go through each match-up again on the Official bracket for your votes to count. Please try that and let me know what happens. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/standings/5

Works for me.

Go MEAT!

 

[Owlslayer]

Well, may the best developer win. Or in some cases, the one with the biggest number of loyal followers.
Anyways, looking forward to the next rounds. Wonder if any other developers will market the contest in their game this year? i guess we'll see.

You KNOW Zynga's gonna do it: they did it last year. Hell, it took Valve advertising on Steam (plus everybody on the Escapist and, yes, 4chan) to finally stop the Zynga machine. At least this year, we know what we're up against.

Staff Sargeant Sean Strife of the ABZ Militia, reporting in.

We'll see, though i do have my suspicions. But you know, some things can change.
I'm pretty sure in the year 2009, only Turbine (D&D:Online, Lotrnline) used in-game advertising, and won. Now, i didn't know what The Escapist was at that time, so I'm not that certain about it. But the next year (the last), didn't it lose in the first round, and didn't advertise at all?

Anyways, my point is: nothing's certain in this showdown. Some things are almost totally sure, but not completely. Maybe Zynga will play nice this year.
Also, I'm not a FarmViller myself, but if Zynga wanted to advertise, wouldn't it do it right now? Or, i suppose it's a bit too early if the voting just begun an hour or so ago.

And one more thing: i hope 4chan won't be invited this time. They kinda trolled and gore/porn-spammed the living hell out of the final versus thread...quite nasty.

 

[Blind0bserver]

C'mon baby, I'm betting it all on Bioware! *pushes a stack of poker chips into the center of the metaphorical table*

 

[Armored Prayer]

It seems that filling out my bracket beforehand cast my votes already.

I was under the impression that I could vote twice. Teach me to read more carefully next time.

I did my voting back when filling out my bracket.

Now I'll do my semi tradition of posting my opinions in each thread.

we vote with our brackets? Thats odd, I didnt know that

Something may be messed up. You should have to go through each match-up again on the Official bracket for your votes to count. Please try that and let me know what happens. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/standings/5

Well it looks like my entire bracket rested and I redid all my votes until it just randomly stops.

Is it supposed to do that or is my entire bracket supposed to be completely filled?

 

[Spinwhiz]

It seems that filling out my bracket beforehand cast my votes already.

I was under the impression that I could vote twice. Teach me to read more carefully next time.

I did my voting back when filling out my bracket.

Now I'll do my semi tradition of posting my opinions in each thread.

we vote with our brackets? Thats odd, I didnt know that

Something may be messed up. You should have to go through each match-up again on the Official bracket for your votes to count. Please try that and let me know what happens. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/standings/5

Well it looks like my entire bracket rested and I redid all my votes until it just randomly stops.

Is it supposed to do that or is my entire bracket supposed to be completely filled?

If you are going through the official bracket to vote, then it is completely reset from your "My Bracket" for voting. You will go through all 32 match-ups and then you won't be able to go any further.

 

[Armored Prayer]

I did my voting back when filling out my bracket.

Now I'll do my semi tradition of posting my opinions in each thread.

we vote with our brackets? Thats odd, I didnt know that

Something may be messed up. You should have to go through each match-up again on the Official bracket for your votes to count. Please try that and let me know what happens. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/standings/5

Well it looks like my entire bracket rested and I redid all my votes until it just randomly stops.

Is it supposed to do that or is my entire bracket supposed to be completely filled?

If you are going through the official bracket to vote, then it is completely reset from your "My Bracket" for voting. You will go through all 32 match-ups and then you won't be able to go any further.

Ah, I think I understand now. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Baresark]

This whole process is broken. I filled out a bracket, then a week goes by and I get a message saying I never filled out a bracket. So, I go to fill it out again... and BAM, it's filled out already. So, I'm told to vote, so I go and vote, I cast all my votes for round one, and then BAM.... none of it is filled in after I'm done.

So, long story short... fuck this contest.

 

[Gxas]

It seems that filling out my bracket beforehand cast my votes already.

I was under the impression that I could vote twice. Teach me to read more carefully next time.

I did my voting back when filling out my bracket.

Now I'll do my semi tradition of posting my opinions in each thread.

we vote with our brackets? Thats odd, I didnt know that

Something may be messed up. You should have to go through each match-up again on the Official bracket for your votes to count. Please try that and let me know what happens. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/standings/5

Seems to be working now. Thanks.