Everybody vote for LeChuck!

[alkapel]

Everybody vote for LeChuck in "All time greatest game villain", in Gamespot! Currently LeChuck is loosing! He is getting only 36,4%, while Akuma is getting 63,6%! Let's make LeChuck win this battle!

[Ash735]

Go against Street fighter fans? HAH, These polls always end up the same, either a Mario Character/Zelda Character/Final Fantasy 7 character end up winning. Really bores me actually that these polls have become predictable.

[Debbie82]

Man, I can't believe that this is a popularity contest, with LeChuck losing to Akuma because of his zombie appearance! To quote the Zombie Pirate himself in anger: "Daaaargh!"

Anyway, here's the link: http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-villain/vote/battle-hub/index.html?battle_id=32

[jeeno0142]

Voted!

[divisionten]

Me too. Actually, the fight's getting more even. It was 30-70 this morning, and it's 40-60 now. Keep it p, people, and spread the word!

[Tim]

Voted!

[Captain Mickey]

Voted for LeChuck! ARR!!

[OzzieMonkey]

I voted!

[mightypiratetm]

I voted!

[divisionten]

Needs about 3,000 more people, but, hey, it's 41 to 59 now.

[Hayden]

My gosh, I'm reading some of the comments on the Ripburger vs. Pacman Ghosts contest, and some of these comments are just sickening:

- "I've never played Full Throttle. So I'm going with the Ghosts."
- "Nice paint drawings. Even I could do better."
- "lol,Adrian sucks"

The ignorance is incredible.

[OzzieMonkey]

My gosh, I'm reading some of the comments on the Ripburger vs. Pacman Ghosts contest, and some of these comments are just sickening:

- "I've never played Full Throttle. So I'm going with the Ghosts."
- "Nice paint drawings. Even I could do better."
- "lol,Adrian sucks"

The ignorance is incredible.

I know, right? Some people have zero respect for adventure games.

[doodo!]

I can't believe people care so much about a street fight "boss?"

[zhebrica]

I expect most people are just voting for the one they've heard of. From the comments, it doesn't sound like the Street Fighter one is even an interesting character.

[divisionten]

It's 44 to 56 now. Keep it going people!

[Secret Fawful]

Voted. I notice a lot of people on GS are actually rooting for LeChuck. I never thought I'd say this but...Go LeChuck!

[coolsome]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myo84V2gPoo

[Debbie82]

The voting on LeChuck is slightly down by a bit. But we can't give up now!

[tabstis]

Come on guys, we're up to 43%!

[Hayden]

It really is rising now, guys. We've gotten him up to 43.9%!

Edit: 44%!

[caeska]

I can't believe Akuma is winning. I've never even heard of him! I voted for LeChuck, come on let's make sure he wins.

[Hayden]

I can't believe Akuma is winning. I've never even heard of him! I voted for LeChuck, come on let's make sure he wins.

He must! Have we made a thread on LucasForums yet? We gotta spread the word. Doorknocking and random phonecalls, anyone?

[Mermaid]

Voted.

And who the f... is "Akuma"?

[Captain Mickey]

Akuma is some very angry POed "baddie" in Street Fighter. No real back story to him. Just angry. At least that's all I got when I played some Street Fighter. (but almost all the characters in that game seem just angry... I dunno, maybe it's just me).

[Dragekatten]

voted.

[tabstis]

This is just shameful... LeChuck should be utterly thrashing him but so few people voting know exactly how good Monkey Island is. If they had played the games, they would think differently :(

[DragonKazooie89]

At least leChuck isn't the only good villain without a fair fight. Giygas (EarthBound) lost to Darth Malak (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) 80.1/19.9. Also, I don't know much about Kerrigan (Starcraft) but she's beating out Gruntilda (Banjo-Kazooie) 78.2/21.8

[PecanBlue]

Most voter logic: welp, I don't recognize either of these two characters so I'll vote for the more stupid-looking, steroid-induced design badass and modern design.

[MonkeyMania]

This is what happens when most of the voters are 12 year olds.

[caeska]

Damn, it's over. This is so shameful. I mean, Monkey Island was one of the first games I ever played and for me LeChuck is one of the most nostalgic villains there is.
How the Internet-gods of Justice can even allow this travesty to occur is beyond me :(

[Hayden]

The only reason that LeChuck is losing is because of the voters who just pass by and vote for, like PecanBlue said, the more badass and modern looking one. If you look down in the comments, all of the comments in favour of LeChuck are being voted up, while comments in favour of Akuma are being voted down. This shows that the people voting for LeChuck are mostly true fans who are actually sticking on the page and following the progress of the vote. It sucks so much that LeChuck is losing purely due to casual, passer-by voters who know nothing of the character or the Monkey Island series.

[OzzieMonkey]

The only reason that LeChuck is losing is because of the voters who just pass by and vote for, like PecanBlue said, the more badass and modern looking one. If you look down in the comments, all of the comments in favour of LeChuck are being voted up, while comments in favour of Akuma are being voted down. This shows that the people voting for LeChuck are mostly true fans who are actually sticking on the page and following the progress of the vote. It sucks so much that LeChuck is losing purely due to casual, passer-by voters who know nothing of the character or the Monkey Island series.

Thankyou, good sir. Well put:) Any time I try to express my disgust at "modern" gamers I end up screaming.

[Hayden]

Any time I try to express my disgust at "modern" gamers I end up screaming.

Aye, 'tis hard not to at times :). The level of ignorance and stupidity is quite frustrating, and sometimes frustration can't be expressed with words alone - volume must come in to it.

[Debbie82]

Since I know that LeChuck is about to die because of too many votes for Akuma (which still saddens me), I just thought that, in case LeChuck loses, I would like to quote what he and Elaine say concerning Guybrush who has been killed in ToMI Chapter 4(and I do the same to so-called Akuma fans concerning LeChuck): "Out of respect for the newly-deceased [LeChuck], I feel I should point out that you [Akuma] wave your sword like a dairy farmer." "How appropriate... you [Akuma fans] fight like a Pox-infected undead cow."

[monkeymovies]

Someone should sloppily dub that in. It'd be funny!
:P

[doodo!]

everybody vote for lechuck in "all time greatest game villain", in gamespot! Currently lechuck is loosing! He is getting only 36,4%, while akuma is getting 63,6%! Let's make lechuck win this battle!

eat shit!

[Debbie82]

Well, at least Wario should avenge LeChuck now.

The only reason that LeChuck is losing is because of the voters who just pass by and vote for, like PecanBlue said, the more badass and modern looking one. If you look down in the comments, all of the comments in favour of LeChuck are being voted up, while comments in favour of Akuma are being voted down. This shows that the people voting for LeChuck are mostly true fans who are actually sticking on the page and following the progress of the vote. It sucks so much that LeChuck is losing purely due to casual, passer-by voters who know nothing of the character or the Monkey Island series.

Yeah, these passer-by voters think that LeChuck is, in Guybrush's words in The Curse of Monkey Island, "another has-been that nobody's heard of." Shame, that.

[ElWaster]

I would have voted LeChuck, but I saw Joker I couldn't resist.

[zhebrica]

I would have voted LeChuck, but I saw Joker I couldn't resist.

LeChuck wasn't up against the Joker.

[jeeno0142]

LeChuck lost?! He's pure evil and he doesn't get to win 'best villian'? That sucks.

[doodinthemood]

Aw man, as someone who enjoyed streetfighter, this is just shameful. As AvatarC put it in the comments, "So many great "evil" hours spent on the Monkey Island adventures losing to a 60 second fighting round..."
It doesn't make sense.

[Hayden]

One of the comments on the page sums up my thoughts perfectly:

"The result of this match showed how this whole poll is useless..."

This was posted by a user named kaltorakh - someone who obviously has a bit of sense, unlike most of the voters. I feel exactly the same way. I'm done following this contest, I won't click onto this contest even once more because I'm not interested in which video game character is most popular among 12-year-old boys.

[Papa Pishu]

pfeh Gaemspot. How the HELL did Sephiroth and Lavos lose?!??!!?!??!?

bleh


My bet's on Irenicus or Kefka to win out in the end.

[S@bre]

I'm sure some crappy character I've never heard of from some Japanese game I don't care about will win, but at least some of the pairings are better this round. Andrew Ryan vs Kane and Glados and Darth Vader should be interesting, though Darth Vader isn't an actual game villain in the same way as those others. Also, I don't understand the pairing of Kerrigan against the Pac-man ghosts - they're two completely different types of villain.

[PecanBlue]

pfeh Gaemspot. How the HELL did Sephiroth and Lavos lose?!??!!?!??!?

Not sure about Lavos, but if Sephiroth lost I'm 90% sure it was the result of 4chan voters.

I find Sephiroth to be a wussy villain anyway so it's cool with me.