March Mayhem 2014 Bracket Submissions Are Open

[DrStrangelove]

March Mayhem 2014 Bracket Submissions Are Open

Reader's Choice [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/mybracket/11] Game of 2013 with Papers, Please.

Click here to submit your bracket for March Mayhem 2014 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/mybracket/11]

This year we're ready to make history and let one lucky developer join the illustrious ranks crowned winners. The previous champions have been Valve (twice), Turbine (twice), and Mojang. Let's see who else we can add to that list of winners.

This year we have 16 developers to whittle down to find out the top dog developer of the pack. There are eight independent and eight AAA developers that have made it, by community choice, into the sweet sixteen, and now's the time for them to fight it out, Thunderdome style, all for your amusement. The stage is set for an epic throwdown between some of the most influential developers in the history of gaming, so don't forget to grab a seat and some popcorn.

The Escapist Publishers Club [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournaments/mybracket/11]. Don't be shy, we all know that everyone wants to be the first kid on their block with a winning March Mayhem bracket. So make a bee line to the submission and show the world you know how to pick 'em.


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[PsychicTaco115]

Man, some of these match-ups are too close to call

I'm definitely keeping an eye on this for possible shenanigans to occur!

Prepare your Shields of +451 Fire Resistance!

 

[Barbas]

Ah, madness marches inexorably onward.

I feel I should be wearing some sort of amusing hat for this.

 

[putowtin]

Ahh Valve, every year I don't vote for you and every year you win
(even though you haven't released a game in 3 years!)

 

[Story]

I tried to play it safe and voted for the most productive game company of last year. So no Valve for me.

 

[TKretts3]

Can't wait to see Lucas Pope sky-rocketed to the top at the last minute by thousands of Russian youtubers.
As for my vote, Firaxis takes the cake. Sadly, they're up against Nintendo.

 

[JoJo]

And voted. Fingers crossed that one of Nintendo, Game Freak, Mojang or Telltale games are the winning horse.

 

[lacktheknack]

no Crystal Dynamics

Dude. Bro. Dude. Dudebro. Man. Dude man bro. Bro dude man. Man. Bro. Dude. Man bro man. Dude man bro man man dude.

Do you even lift?

Anyways, YAY MARCH MAYHEM. Time to start tailoring this avatar.

 

[Clovus]

I tried to play it safe and voted for the most productive game company of last year. So no Valve for me.

That made some of my decisions weird. I thought Bioshock was just ok, but I didn't play anything by Valve this year (not a MOBA fan). If I was picking favorites, I'd definitely take Bioware over Naughty Dog, but I have no interest in the Star Wars MMO, so now I'm picking Naughty Dog? Haven't played Last of Us, but it looks ok.

Luckily, Paradox has put out a lot of good new games and excellent DLC for CK2, so I have them winning.

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm calling it. People will vote for valve because of steam sales and not because of DOTA 2 which was the only game they released in 2013.

Oh dear Christ, not this again.

Yes, they will. As they may.

This is a popularity contest. There are no rules. You may vote for any reason. You may vote for a company because they made your GOTY 2013. You may vote for a company because of their charity work. You may vote on a company based on which protagonist had the best hat. You may vote based on how many Vs are in the company's title.

Please don't talk about how "unfair" it is that people aren't voting based on how you arbitrarily decided people should vote. It's a popularity contest. It's about which companies you like, not what they've done.

Don't make me drag out the Minecraft Fury-n-Tears-O-Meter. Again.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

So basically out of most of this competition Valve is going to win by a massive landslide yet again?, wake up up when something different happens like maybe if Gamefreak or nintendo actually win at something.

 

[truckspond]

I put the finals as being between Valve and Lucas Pope with the semi finals being Valve vs. TellTale Games and Lucas Pope vs. Volition

Let's see what happens...

 

[truckspond]

...Don't make me drag out the Minecraft Fury-n-Tears-O-Meter. Again.

The what?

 

[lacktheknack]

...Don't make me drag out the Minecraft Fury-n-Tears-O-Meter. Again.

The what?

Don't worry... you'll find out...

 

[Trucken]

No Rockstar? Huh, that's surprising. Oh well.

This is a popularity contest. There are no rules. You may vote for any reason. You may vote for a company because they made your GOTY 2013. You may vote for a company because of their charity work. You may vote on a company based on which protagonist had the best hat. You may vote based on how many Vs are in the company's title.

Please don't talk about how "unfair" it is that people aren't voting based on how you arbitrarily decided people should vote. It's a popularity contest. It's about which companies you like, not what they've done.

It always pisses me off when people create their own rules for voting and try to force them on others. Just like lacktheknack says, you can choose any criteria you want when you vote, but stop bitching just because people don't use your criteria.

 

[FPLOON]

Well, this shouldn't be too hard to do... I mean, submitting that GOTY 2013 bracket was easy...
*looks at the MM bracket*
Dammit! This is already too close to call!!
*thinks*
Time to use my "blind man's bluff" buff right off the bat...
*already feels like he's made the wrong choices*

Edit: 4 "1"s in a row? ...It has begun...

 

[username sucks]

So, I still have no idea what March Madness is. After I make this post, I am going to go choose a bracket, whatever that means.

I hope I'm doing this right.

Edit: I voted. I mostly ignored the companies I didn't recognize and voted for the one's whose games I spent the most time on. Did I do it right?

 

[FPLOON]

Edit: I voted. I mostly ignored the companies I didn't recognize and voted for the one's whose games I spent the most time on. Did I do it right?

...Only time will tell, my friend...

For me, I pretended I was predicting future Super Bowl winnings... (as in, I'm pretty sure I'm wrong over 90% of the time...)