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@nevergameover: I didn't last year. But this year, Rorie's on there at the moment. He's an asterisk really. I think if at the end his picks skew things super strangely than I might remove his picks, but for now I think it's fine to include. But, good point!

Hopefully I'm not breaking any rules by posting to my own thread, but the List has been updated with Brad and Rorie, along with Dan and Drew.

Looks like the #1 & #2 so far is MGSV: Phantom Pain and Super Mario Maker. Which aren't any surprise really.

For some GOTY fun, I'm taking the Top Ten lists of each GB employee, creating a simple ranking, and seeing which games end up in the mathematical Top Ten of the year.

I did a quick 1-10 point scale, 1 for tenth place, and 10 for first place. Any Tie-Breakers at the end will go to the game with the highest rank on an individual list.

Check out the Google Doc here!

This year was definitely a surprise with Mario Maker going to #1. I feel like the only other major surprise is Kerbal at #4 (with the "COD: Advanced Warfare Outta Nowhere" spot). Invisible, Inc. slipping in at #9 is fun too.

As far as the spreadsheet attempt, it did well at generally placing games near their spot. If Life is Strange and Axiom Verge made it, it would 100% as far as which games would be on the list. But 80% ain't too shabby at prediction this ridiculous process!

Here's the two lists in case no one wants to see the fancy spreadsheet:

Here's an entry for each conference.

Came here to say this as well. Those two videos, as well as A Pixel Story Quick Look. As far as I can tell it's only these three Quick Looks that didn't appear for me. Everything else around the same time seemed to work fine.

Updated with Alex, Final GOTY list comparison, and final thoughts.

Also, we'll miss ya Scoops.

@ascagnel: Ask Brad. He's crazy for that Dota.

Updated with Vinny's list.

Also, now that GOTY is known, I'll add a comparison when I finish listening to the podcast. :)

@buttle826: Bound to miss one :) Thanks!

Thought it'd be fun to take the Top Ten lists (Not sure if Jason is making one), do a simple ranking, and see which games would make up the mathematical Top Ten of the year. Will update when more of the lists come out.

I did a quick 1-10 point scale, 1 for tenth, and 10 for first. Tie-Breaker goes to highest rank, then Alphabetical. Check out the Google Doc here.

Here's the Top 10 with Patrick, Dan, Jeff, Drew, Brad, Vinny, and Alex:

1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (47)

3. Bayonetta 2 (32)

2. Far Cry 4 (24)

4. South Park: The Stick of Truth (24)

5. Jazzpunk (18)

6. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (13)

7. Destiny (12)

8. Mario Kart 8 (12)

9. Shovel Knight (12)

10. Wolfenstein: The New Order (11)

And here's the Official GOTY Top Ten for comparison:

1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

2. Bayonetta 2

3. Far Cry 4

4. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

5. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

6. South Park: The Stick of Truth

7. Jazzpunk

8. Shovel Knight

9. Mario Kart 8

10. Destiny

I have to say, that's really damn close to matching up. In fact, only Call of Duty and Wolfenstein are the odd men out. I'm honestly surprised that Call of Duty is even on the list, considering only Jeff picked it (even Destiny had more than one person), let alone number 4. That's kind of crazy how well Jeff can convince people of his views. Otherwise, the Top 3 are exact, and the others are just shifted around a tiny bit.

This was super fun, and assuming Jason isn't going to be added, an interesting experiment to see whether the discussion has any effect on placement.