Introduction
First of all, I want to thank
for the classy banner. Thanks dude!Welcome . . (is this on?) . . Welcome to the Golden Duder World Championship *pause for applause* During the month of May, many (32) glorious and famous individuals, known to the Giant Bomb community for years or even decades, will fight for the chance to become the
GOLDEN DUDER ! ! !
So, let me tell you what the hell is going on. Giant Bomb is pretty great. The staff, they're awesome, they make great stuff. And this concentration of great characters is bound to draw people into it, who are themselves fantastic people that do good stuff as well. Over the years, some of these people tend to have a closer relationship with the site. They're not just some industry names. Their names mean something to the community and they, in their own way, have contributed to make what Giant Bomb is today.
I have made a selection of 32 names who contributed to the site, be it from appearing on a podcast, or on a video feature, or by sending GOTY top10 lists and so on, and have placed them in a tournament bracket. They may be old co-workers or just friends, from the developer side of the industry or from the press side, even Whiskey Media staff / interns.
First of all, I want to say that
Yo, this is a popularity contest!
Not entirely accurate, but pretty much. The purpose is not to vote just based on "I like him more", but to acknowledge the duder who you think has made a better, bigger impact on Giant Bomb, be it from doing fun, wacky shit or creating more interesting discussions or whose ideas and opinions you value the most. Basically, the name who you most associate with Giant Bomb, apart from the staff obviously. That name, that duder, will be awarded the title of Golden Duder. That sounds hot!
Why?
Because . . well, because . . stop looking at me like that!
It's May, we're all waiting for E3, there's basically two video games to play this month and it seemed like a good, fun idea. I hope that you guys agree, because if not, then I spent way too much time on this.
Just show me the bracket! (updated)
Yep, there it is.
Schedule
Round of 32
Day | Match | Poll Starts | Poll Ends | Thread | Results |
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May 1st | John Vignocchi vs Giancarlo Varanini / David Jaffe vs Adam Sessler | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 3rd 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Johnny V and Adam Sessler |
May 2nd | John Drake vs Brian Ekberg / Steve "Lemon" Rodriguez vs Chris Remo | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 4th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | John Drake and Steve Lemon |
May 3rd | Brad Muir vs Jeremiah Slaczka / Eric Pope vs Jeff Green | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 5th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Brad Muir and Jeff Green |
May 7th | Paul Barnett vs Bob Colayco / Adam Boyes vs Norman Chan | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 9th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Paul Barnett and Norman Chan |
May 8th | Matthew Rorie vs Rocco Botte / Gary Whitta vs Dan Teasdale | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 10th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Matt Rorie and Gary Whitta |
May 9th | Matt "Bodega" Kessler vs Chris Tilton / Greg Kasavin vs Erik Wolpaw | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 11th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Matt Kessler and Greg Kasavin |
May 10th | Rich Gallup vs Michael Patcher / Dave Lang vs John "Cowboy" Bellomy | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 12th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Rich Gallup and Dave Lang |
May 14th | Will Smith vs Jared Rea / Leigh Alexander vs Carrie Gouskos | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 16th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Will Smith and Carrie Gouskos |
Round of 16
Day | Match | Poll Starts | Poll Ends | Thread | Results |
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May 15th | John Vignocchi vs Gary Whitta / Matthew Rorie vs Adam Sessler | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 17th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Johnny V and Matt Rorie |
May 16th | John Drake vs Greg Kasavin / Matt Kessler vs Steve Lemon | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 18th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Greg Kasavin and Matt Kessler |
May 17th | Brad Muir vs Dave Lang / Rich Gallup vs Jeff Green | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 19th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Brad Muir and Jeff Green |
May 21st | Paul Barnett vs Carrie Gouskos / Will Smith vs Norman Chan | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 23rd 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Paul Barnett and Will Smith |
Round of 8
Day | Match | Poll Starts | Poll Ends | Thread | Results |
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May 22nd | Greg Kasavin vs Jeff Green / Brad Muir vs Matt Kessler | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 24th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Greg Kasavin and Brad Muir |
May 23rd | John Vignocchi vs Will Smith / Paul Barnett vs Matthew Rorie | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 25th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Will Smith and Matt Rorie |
Semifinals
Day | Match | Poll Starts | Poll Ends | Thread | Results |
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May 28th | Will Smith vs Greg Kasavin / Brad Muir vs Matt Rorie | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | May 30th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMT | Here | Will Smith and Matt Rorie |
Finals
Day | Match | Poll Starts | Poll Ends | Thread | Results |
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May 30th | Will Smith vs Matt Rorie | 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | June 1st 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMT | Here | Matt Rorie |
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