Giant Bomb - Golden Duder World Championship

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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)

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Yep, there it is.

Schedule

Round of 32

DayMatchPoll StartsPoll EndsThreadResults
May 1stJohn Vignocchi vs Giancarlo Varanini / David Jaffe vs Adam Sessler14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 3rd 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereJohnny V and Adam Sessler
May 2ndJohn Drake vs Brian Ekberg / Steve "Lemon" Rodriguez vs Chris Remo14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 4th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereJohn Drake and Steve Lemon
May 3rdBrad Muir vs Jeremiah Slaczka / Eric Pope vs Jeff Green14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 5th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereBrad Muir and Jeff Green
May 7thPaul Barnett vs Bob Colayco / Adam Boyes vs Norman Chan14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 9th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHerePaul Barnett and Norman Chan
May 8thMatthew Rorie vs Rocco Botte / Gary Whitta vs Dan Teasdale14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 10th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereMatt Rorie and Gary Whitta
May 9thMatt "Bodega" Kessler vs Chris Tilton / Greg Kasavin vs Erik Wolpaw14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 11th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereMatt Kessler and Greg Kasavin
May 10thRich Gallup vs Michael Patcher / Dave Lang vs John "Cowboy" Bellomy14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 12th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereRich Gallup and Dave Lang
May 14thWill Smith vs Jared Rea / Leigh Alexander vs Carrie Gouskos14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 16th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereWill Smith and Carrie Gouskos

Round of 16

DayMatchPoll StartsPoll EndsThreadResults
May 15thJohn Vignocchi vs Gary Whitta / Matthew Rorie vs Adam Sessler14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 17th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereJohnny V and Matt Rorie
May 16thJohn Drake vs Greg Kasavin / Matt Kessler vs Steve Lemon14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 18th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereGreg Kasavin and Matt Kessler
May 17thBrad Muir vs Dave Lang / Rich Gallup vs Jeff Green14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 19th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereBrad Muir and Jeff Green
May 21stPaul Barnett vs Carrie Gouskos / Will Smith vs Norman Chan14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 23rd 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHerePaul Barnett and Will Smith

Round of 8

DayMatchPoll StartsPoll EndsThreadResults
May 22ndGreg Kasavin vs Jeff Green / Brad Muir vs Matt Kessler14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 24th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereGreg Kasavin and Brad Muir
May 23rdJohn Vignocchi vs Will Smith / Paul Barnett vs Matthew Rorie14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 25th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereWill Smith and Matt Rorie

Semifinals

DayMatchPoll StartsPoll EndsThreadResults
May 28thWill Smith vs Greg Kasavin / Brad Muir vs Matt Rorie14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTMay 30th 13:30 PDT / 21:30 GMTHereWill Smith and Matt Rorie

Finals

DayMatchPoll StartsPoll EndsThreadResults
May 30thWill Smith vs Matt Rorie14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTJune 1st 14:00 PDT / 22:00 GMTHereMatt Rorie
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#2  Edited By abdo

Varanini vs. Vignocchi? THAT'S RACIST

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#3  Edited By musubi

Can we just skip all this and give Johnny V the nod? I mean c'mon.

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#4  Edited By EuanDewar

Why Rocco and not Derrick or Garret? They are the two finest members of Mega64, you downy clown ass fuck

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#5  Edited By Ravenlight

@abdo said:

Varanini vs. Vignocchi? THAT'S RACIST

Leigh Alexander? That's (300) million bucks!

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#6  Edited By dethfish

No one beats Jeff Green

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#7  Edited By Brendan

Ok....so are there going to be daily polls, or do you just want us to put names in the comments?

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#8  Edited By Justin258

I recognize far more names on the left side than the right one.

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#9  Edited By Winternet

@EuanDewar: It has to have contributed somehow. Rocco has appeared on podcast and did a GOTY top 10 list.

@Brendan: daily polls. Well, not daily as you can see by the Schedule. But every couple of matches will have its own poll.

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#10  Edited By deadly_polo

Cool, though I think the left side is much stronger than the right side

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#11  Edited By SoylentGreen

KESSLER 2012 LET'S DO THIS

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#12  Edited By jacksukeru

@SoylentGreen said:

KESSLER 2012 LET'S DO THIS

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#13  Edited By OwnlyUzinWonHan

I don't like the idea of pitting Kessler against Steve eventually, might have to determine that by coin flip

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#14  Edited By TheSouthernDandy

Leigh all the way!!!

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#15  Edited By ADAMWD

I'm with Rorie.

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#16  Edited By Tofin

Oh man. Between Will Smith, Rorie, and Kessler, this is going to be a tough one.

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#17  Edited By fisk0  Moderator

I can't find Arthur Gies? Blasphemous.

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#18  Edited By ShadowVirus

Brad Muir!

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#19  Edited By NoobSauceG7

@TheSouthernDandy said:

Leigh all the way!!!

no way...

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#20  Edited By AlexW00d

Oh hey Gamefaqs is here.

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#21  Edited By Winternet

First poll is up! Start them votes. Remember, polls stay open for roughly 48 hours.

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#22  Edited By TheSouthernDandy

@NoobSauceG7 said:

@TheSouthernDandy said:

Leigh all the way!!!

no way...

Give me one good reason why not an I'll give you 775 000 000 why yes!

But in all seriousness, I think I might be on Team Muir for this one.

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#23  Edited By natetodamax

Oh god, I thought this was another iteration of the most popular user contest that happened some time ago. That got... ugly, if I remember correctly.

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#24  Edited By NoobSauceG7

@TheSouthernDandy said:

@NoobSauceG7 said:

@TheSouthernDandy said:

Leigh all the way!!!

no way...

Give me one good reason why not an I'll give you 775 000 000 why yes!

But in all seriousness, I think I might be on Team Muir for this one.

Cause of one Mr. John Vinocchi

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#25  Edited By Jackhole

I've got fat stacks riding on this. I'm going to win. What do I win, again?

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#26  Edited By Winternet

@Jackhole: Champagne wishes and 30 white bitches.

But, man, Jeff Green goes all the way to the finals? That is a bold prediction.

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#27  Edited By Jackhole

@Winternet: Jeff Green is my third favorite Jeff.

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#28  Edited By Winternet

@Jackhole: behind Jeff Goldblum, obviously.

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#29  Edited By JoeyRavn

@SoylentGreen said:

KESSLER 2012 LET'S DO THIS

He's been kidnapping children for far too long.

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#30  Edited By digthedoug

What an awesome idea; props to you for putting this together. Don't let it waiver off!

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#31  Edited By Winternet

Day Two Poll is up! Vote with your heart. Here's the link.

And remember that Day One is still active for another ~24 hours.

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#32  Edited By FLStyle

I'm going to be upfront with you all and let you know I will vote against Leigh Alexander and Kessler, no matter who they're up against, for as long as they're in the competition.

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#33  Edited By ADAMWD

Just realized that you neglected to include Justin McElroy. He has had numerous hilarious appearances on GB.

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#34  Edited By sterbacblu

This is great. The only thing that would have made it better is if a final four of Rich, Bob, Greg and Carrie would've been possible.

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#35  Edited By dr_ryan

ROCOO BOTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

no but seriously you should have put mega64 as a whole, even though they won't win. I mean i'll vote for them but it'll be just me.

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#36  Edited By Little_Socrates

@ADAMWD said:

Just realized that you neglected to include Justin McElroy. He has had numerous hilarious appearances on GB.

Justin would've been a strong nominee, but he already has enough goddamn podcasts, he doesn't need to win the Golden Duder too!

I'm gonna go look up that Little Caesar's video now.

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#37  Edited By Drebin_893

I'm definitely not digging this idea.

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#38  Edited By Winternet

Day Three Poll is active. Start your voting . . now! Here.

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#39  Edited By Red12b

well Gouskos wins that

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#40  Edited By Grimmy616

Where's Ulf and all the finish cats? They got the Bombsquad that "awesome" swedish candy and sürströmming

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#41  Edited By Winternet

Day Two is over. Check the results on the main page.

Friendly reminder that Day Three is open for another 24 hours here. Both Eric Pope and Jeff Green have rallied their troops and posted on the thread to get them some votes. Who will win?

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#42  Edited By Winternet

The Polls are back in action with Day Four, right here. From Paul Barnett to Bob Colayco, from Norman Chan to Adam Boyes, vote away!

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#43  Edited By Sambambo

Rorie is going to win.

I see no redeemable quality regarding Kessler though...

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#44  Edited By groin

I cannot vote for Jared Rea because he took away the greatest stream monster tool on twitch. Stream monsters suffered a major setback when EMPJared was removed.

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#45  Edited By X19

Gary Whitta is the winner. A legend among men.

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#46  Edited By TheDudeOfGaming

Needs more Vinny.

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#47  Edited By AllanIceman

Let's do this!

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#48  Edited By Mahonay

This is going to be hilarious no matter who ends up winning. I approve of what's going here.

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#49  Edited By lordofultima

Vote Black Dragon. YOU'RE NOT THE LORD OF THE RINGS!

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#50  Edited By mason_pat

If Johnny V doesn't win the whole thing I'm going to burn this website to the ground