The best classic Speccy game beginning with W: tiebreaker vote

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The best classic Speccy game beginning with W: tiebreaker vote

Poll ended at Tue Feb 05, 2019 2:32 am

The Way of the Exploding Fist
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50%
Where Time Stood Still
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50%
 
Total votes: 46

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Vampyre wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:50 am Gone with WOTEF again and, surprise, we're now at 8 each!

As for magazine Overall scores that are in ZXSR:

WTSS
Crash: 94%
Your Sinclair: 9/10
ACE: 719/1000
Sinclair User: 96%
C&VG: 8/10
The Games Machine: 95%

WOTEF
Crash: 92%
Crash (re-review): 72%
Your Spectrum: Not Rated
Your Sinclair: 83%
Sinclair User: 5/5
Sinclair User: 9/10
ACE: Not Rated

Ignoring the Not Rated scores and converting to decimalised values out of 10 we get:

WTSS: (9.4 + 9 + 7.2 + 9.6 + 8 + 9.5) / 6 = 8.8
WOTEF: (9.2 + 7.2 + 8.3 + 10 + 9) / 5 = 8.7

So WTSS just shades it in that regard.

However, disregarding re-reviews of WOTEF (which I think would be unfair as WTSS never had any that I'm aware of):

WOTEF: (9.2 + 10) / 2 = 9.6

Still not a fair comparison IMO.
the scores are offset by one being 48k vs 128k imo.

Fist wins it for me...a defining game at the time. WTSS was a rehash of The Great Escape.
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beanz wrote: Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:55 pmWTSS was a rehash of The Great Escape.
"...With extra dinosaurs." :D
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Gone with WTSS and never got into the other finalist's genre.
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Right, close the poll.
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It's open till the 5th! :o

We've got more members now, but we usually only get 30–40 votes in a regular poll. If it's even-stevens in a week I'm going to suspect someone's dicking about!
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I would've voted for Wizard's Lair in the original poll but was on holiday. Just voted for WOTEF in the tiebreaker and made it level at 21 votes apiece. Had no idea it was so close. Sorry.
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I voted for WOTEF but it was a close one. I don't really mind which one wins.
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R-Tape wrote: Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:37 pm It's open till the 5th! :o

We've got more members now, but we usually only get 30–40 votes in a regular poll. If it's even-stevens in a week I'm going to suspect someone's dicking about!
So, now we're on 42 votes and it's still a tie, so does that mean that we think this is the most we're going to get. If so then I suggest we have a fight between Dirk (from WTSS) and the chap in the black pajamas from WOTEF!!
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If we extend the fight to the inlays, WTSS clearly wins

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R-Tape wrote: Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:37 pm If it's even-stevens in a week I'm going to suspect someone's dicking about!
Shock Horror! Next thing you know SpeccyMcSpecface will be voted in as the most popular Spectrum game character.
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WTSS should be thrown out on a technicality as it's not a speccy game, it's a speccy 128 game.
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In a tie-break situation, shouldn't it go to whichever came out first? :D
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beanz wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 4:56 pm WTSS should be thrown out on a technicality as it's not a speccy game, it's a speccy 128 game.
TWOTEF should be thrown out on a technicality as the first letter of the offical name is "T" not "W"
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beanz wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:01 pm
beanz wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 4:56 pm WTSS should be thrown out on a technicality as it's not a speccy game, it's a speccy 128 game.
TWOTEF should be thrown out on a technicality as the first letter of the offical name is "T" not "W"
WOTEF should win because it's better than WTSS :D
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Joefish wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 4:58 pm In a tie-break situation, shouldn't it go to whichever came out first? :D
We might use the golden goal rule (the one FIFA and UEFA used back in the day), when the poll time ends, the first post after this time decides.
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You guys are making a mound out of a molehill. The solution is really simple: bribe someone who doesn’t give a flying fig about either game to vote in your favor. 8-)
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For those who still haven't voted, take into account that there are many celebrities that used to do karate: Bruce Lee, Jean-Claude Van Damne, Chuck Norris, Mr. Miyagi, ... whereas I don't know any celebrity who travelled to a secret valley where time stopped. Do you know anyone?

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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:39 pm For those who still haven't voted, take into account that there are many celebrities that used to do karate: Bruce Lee, Jean-Claude Van Damne, Chuck Norris, Mr. Miyagi, ... whereas I don't know any celebrity who travelled to a secret valley where time stopped. Do you know anyone?

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Vote WTSS: substance over celebrity!
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:39 pm For those who still haven't voted, take into account that there are many celebrities that used to do karate: Bruce Lee, Jean-Claude Van Damne, Chuck Norris, Mr. Miyagi, ... whereas I don't know any celebrity who travelled to a secret valley where time stopped. Do you know anyone?
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Eric Cantona.
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:39 pm For those who still haven't voted, take into account that there are many celebrities that used to do karate: Bruce Lee, Jean-Claude Van Damne, Chuck Norris, Mr. Miyagi, ... whereas I don't know any celebrity who travelled to a secret valley where time stopped. Do you know anyone?

They're just facts.
Peter Cushing, Brendan Fraser, James Mason.....
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This thread will end bad... :lol:
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... So ultimately it's Chuck Norris vs a T-Rex?
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Mmmm, nice idea for a film...
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Tied again... What next?
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