Vote Freeman Created 15 years ago2009-10-03 22:28:37 UTC by Soup Miner

If you've been to the Steam forums lately, you probably know about this.
Vote for Freeman as the "all time greatest video game hero"
He's in the final 4 now after beating Snake two tiers ago by the skin of his teeth with a difference of 130 votes out of ~126000.
Now Freeman's against Link, and the votes are neck and neck, so Freeman needs all the votes he can get.

Yeah it's ridiculous, but it's all good fun and Freeman actually stands a chance of being in the final tier against Mario(who is against Samus now, but will undoubtedly come out on top, and probably win the whole thing... again).

Just fucking click the button.

Here's the complete standings.

Man, it's amazing how Nintendo dominates the whole standings board with their characters! I think Freeman will beat Link, by a hair. But once Freeman goes up against Mario, Nintendo's plumber takes it. But we will see, you just never know what could happen........

I would have voted for Snake if he was the other option. He's a way better character than Gordon, mostly because Gordon doesn't have character. He's a means by which the developers sought to enhance the immersion and atmosphere of the game, by removing his perceived presence as much as possible so the player would feel more directly involved. he isn't supposed to have personality, and I almost think he doesn't count because his existence is kind of a moot point. If he was named Scott Avalanche and went to Caltech instead of MIT, nobody would care.

Also,
All Time Greatest Game: MARIO HURRDURR
All Time Greatest Character: MARIO HURMMDUMMMM
All Time Greatest Video Game Company: NINTENDUUUU
All Time Greatest Console: NINTENDOSIXTYFOOOUUUUR

And life goes on.

I already voted a couple of days ago, but assumed most of you had already seen it.
Actually, I posted it in the shoutbox, too.

Damn, Master Chief did not even make it out of the first round pick! And to make matters worst, he lost to "Bub & Bob"!

And Garrett lost in the first round as well! Garrett's awesome.

Yeah, I saw a few that I reckon should be much higher up in the list, too.

I voted for Link. I like Freeman, but I like Link better.

As I voted, Gordon was in the lead by 0.6%.

Support Freeman!

38, common man, this is a Half-Life forum,

Go fight the dragon gaurdin' palace 6 at Links forum, not here.

I feel betrayed.
...
Ah well.

Damn, Master Chief did not even make it out of the first round pick! And to make matters worst, he lost to "Bub & Bob"!

You can thank /b/ for that, actually. Apparently they were trying to get Bub and Bob to the finals, but Gamespot caught on and deleted 30000 "fraud votes" so they lost.
Fun times.

I voted for Link, he r gud.

I would much rather have Gordon win than Mario, though. Mario is a detestable character IMO. All he ever does is hop around.

Kratos vs Pikachu...

lol

Voted for the free man. I think Mario will win this thing since he is the biggest whore.

yeah, well at least that night he was... ... ...I mean, you know what I mean!

Garret deserved more.

EDIT: Mario does nothing but hop around, and Gordon doesn't have a personality of his own.

No, Gordon has the PLAYER's personality.
He is who you are, but with an HEV suit, goatee, and PHD.

Freeman's losing. :<

When you have a character like Mario who's been around since before a lot of you here were even born, and who is also the main mascot of the mighty Nintendo, who by the way is the oldest/active game console company in the world, not to mention it also has the top selling console of this generation, does it really surprise anyone that plumber boy Mario would be the top dog in the video game world? Here, let's do a quick compare between Valve and Nintendo:

Valve - Annual Revenues: $10.5 Million, Employees: 50
Nintendo - Annual Revenues: $7.5 Billion, Employees: 3,586

You see....no comparison. Source: http://www.zoominfo.com

Valve has a lot more than 50 employees.

A lot of people vote for Mario simply because he's Mario, unlike Freeman, who is just naturally badass and deserves to win

Valve has a lot more than 50 employees.

The employee question is a little complex, but here's the thing:

According to Valve's Wiki page, these are the numbers it gives:
Employees - 190
Revenue - $70 million (2007)
(By the way, it still falls far short to Nintendo's massive "Microsoft like" amount$)

Now, here's the twist: The author that wrote the Valve Wiki page is counting the combined employees of Valve and all it's other game studios it had bought throughout the years, studios like Turtle Rock and Team Fortress Software. Also, the Wiki info is from 2007, making it at least two years old. For the record, the Valve website states they have "just over 160" people. But the problem with that info also, it's been there for a very long time unchanged, and it does not reflect the heavy layoffs that went on in the video game industry for the past 15 months or so due to the recession.

Anyway, here's the exact Valve corporate data link from ZoomInfo: http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/CompanyDetail.aspx?CompanyID=40599726&cs=QGCa4CuRo&singleSearchBox=valve&searchSource=basic_left&companyDesc=&companyName=valve&location=
By the way, Zoominfo.com is the place where a lot of the news media outlets go to to get their up to date, inside information of companies.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think Valve is a bad-ass, cool as hell gaming company, with a lot of good people working for it. Other than that, Nintendo is just a bigger monster.

I'm sorry, Mario still wins for me. He accompanied me through my childhood, while Freeman only provided a framework for my mapping needs after 14 years old

What is wrong with you?

38, common man, this is a Half-Life forum,

Go fight the dragon gaurdin' palace 6 at Links forum, not here.

Hey, I love Freeman, its just that Link actually communicates with others, even if he doesn't talk very much, at least he uses body language, which is a step up from "No speech, no emotion" Freeman.

Freeman seems to always take the lead at night.
Just saying I noticed a trend.

Link and Gordon never speak. Mario can shut the fuck up any day of course.

Still laughing at Master Chief. What a jackass.

I think its cheap to pit such different heroes against each other, both Solid Snake and Gordon have prevented the destruction of the world.

Still laughing at Master Chief. What a jackass.

Um, don't look now, but guess what game is the #1 seller right now: http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php

Wii Sports Resort is in second.
I rest my case.

I'm sure it won't be long before it's #1. Damn, now that I look at the top 10 list carefully, Nintendo has grabbed 5 out of the top 10 spots! Heck, even the $89 Wii Fit board is in there at #7.

Link may not speak, but at least he uses body language, and actually reacts to events in the game. It's a step up from Freeman either way.

Freeman uses body language and facial expressions, you just can't see most of it. Stuff you can see involves tossing things and hurting people.

Once could assume he does, but it's just an assumption. There's no indicators or reactions from characters to bring it from beyond mere 'assuming' to actually knowing he does.

That's not to say I dislike him, I just think that Link is a little bit better.

Oh god, there's an official "Vote for Freeman" Steam update message.

It's the final battle! Freeman versus the plumber himself! FOR THE LOVE OF CROWBARS, VOTE!!!!

I DID! AND YOU SHOULD TOO!

I voted for Freeman this time round. Link was one thing, but Mario is just annoying.

Luigi has more character.

Lets face it. Gordon doesn't need to speak, his crowbar does all the talking. I will admit that bashing in some poor headcrab or combine's face in was much more pleasurable with the physics system

And as for Mario, please! All he did was take the wrong directions and went to every other castle before actually finding the right one!!

...and he sticks his arse in your face.

Voted Freeman and played episode 2 until 4am to celebrate. I feel dead this morning.

Guys... Mario is catching up...
Get your (HL-oriented) Friends to vote!
http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-hero/vote/index.html?battle_id=63

I voted too for freeman.

Funny that, Gordon kicked Link's ass in the end:

Gordon Freeman-------Link
59.4% Votes----------40.6% Votes
115698 Votes---------78980 Votes