Poll: Making a March Mayhem bracket is hard!

[GeorgW]

This is my first March Mayhem and I'm very excited. So I went to make my bracket when I suddenly realised how damn hard it is to choose!

So my questions to you are, what were your hardest choices and what would be the worst possible match up for you in terms of being able to choose?

For me, apart from the finale, some of the round 1 votes were hard, for example nintendo vs mojang, platinum vs lionhead, visceral vs turbine and guerilla vs insomniac for different reasons. And my worst case is the finale, of course, VALV[sup]e[/sup] vs Bioware.

*shameless plug* [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/March-Mayhem-2011]

 

[AgentBJ09]

The hardest choice for me was Gearbox versus Volition. One made Borderlands and finished Duke Nukem Forever, while the other made Saint's Row and Red Faction Guerrilla. I eventually sided with Volition because they made the Saint's Row games.

Aside from bad matches, the Zynga/Cryptic match-up was a bad one. However, Naughty Dog and Nexon follow it, so I'm not too worried.

 

[TwistedEllipses]

It gets harder as you go on. Double Fine Vs. Valve in the first round was agonising though...

(There is a March Mayhem board by the way)

 

[Super Toast]

My hardest choice was between BioWare and Bethesda. I had to flip a coin to decide. And that wasn't even the final bracket!

 

[GeorgW]

It gets harder as you go on. Double Fine Vs. Valve in the first round was agonising though...

(There is a March Mayhem board by the way)

Oh yeah, that one was hard too. What board?

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Nintendo and Mojang and then Mojang and Team Ico, and then Mojang and Valve, and then Valve and Bioware.

Yer, it was pretty hard.

 

[TwistedEllipses]

It gets harder as you go on. Double Fine Vs. Valve in the first round was agonising though...

(There is a March Mayhem board by the way)

Oh yeah, that one was hard too. What board?

My mistake, there is a board, but it seems users can't create topics in it:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/index/539-The-Escapists-2011-March-Mayhem-Developers-Showdown

 

[Ladette]

None of the choices are were terribly difficult for me, but i'm having a tough time deciding how far Zynga will get boosted.

 

[Berserker119]

There were a lot of them that were hard, but because I hated them both. The hardest was my finals, which was Valve and Bungie, though.

 

[GeorgW]

None of the choices are were terribly difficult for me, but i'm having a tough time deciding how far Zynga will get boosted.

This. Zynga is such a wild card! I had some trouble with pop cap as well, you never know. I'm hoping naughty dog will kick them both out, but I have a bad feeling.

 

[Hippobatman]

Went with gut, slight consideration of forum consensus, partly consideration of influx from other social sites, personal preferences and past matchups.

Yeah, I don't know, but it's done, and it was hard, indeed.

Bioware vs. Bethesda was excruciating, but I went with myself and voted Beth. I imagine Skyrim has many fired up, but then so has Dragon Age 2 as well, I suppose...

 

[GeorgW]

Went with gut, slight consideration of forum consensus, partly consideration of influx from other social sites, personal preferences and past matchups.

Yeah, I don't know, but it's done, and it was hard, indeed.

Bioware vs. Bethesda was excruciating, but I went with myself and voted Beth. I imagine Skyrim has many fired up, but then so has Dragon Age 2 as well, I suppose...

What about ME3, ME2 for PS3 and Star Wars TOR?

 

[Hippobatman]

Went with gut, slight consideration of forum consensus, partly consideration of influx from other social sites, personal preferences and past matchups.

Yeah, I don't know, but it's done, and it was hard, indeed.

Bioware vs. Bethesda was excruciating, but I went with myself and voted Beth. I imagine Skyrim has many fired up, but then so has Dragon Age 2 as well, I suppose...

What about ME3, ME2 for PS3 and Star Wars TOR?

SHUSH YOU!

Bethesda it is!

 

[TheKruzdawg]

My hardest choice was between BioWare and Bethesda. I had to flip a coin to decide. And that wasn't even the final bracket!

My hardest choice also involved BioWare, but for me they were facing off against Ubisoft Montreal. Both have made games that I will hold on to for as long as my 360 will run (Mass Effect series and KOTOR vs Sands of Time Trilogy and Assassin's Creed). It was a tough one, but I eventually chose BioWare.

 

[TheKruzdawg]

My hardest was between BioWare and Ubisoft Montreal. Both have given me great games that I will hold onto and continue to play until my consoles will no longer run: KOTOR and Mass Effect, vs POP: Sands of Time trilogy and Assassin's Creed respectively. It was a tough choice, but I eventually went with BioWare. I love sci-fi things *that* much more

 

[Continuity]

hardest for me was cdprojekt vs valve. in fact i have a tough time choosing between these developers:

Obsidian
Valve
Gearbox
cdprojekt

I ended up with obsidian winning.. Kind of a surprise to me but that's just the way the match ups worked out....

Some tough choices with valve along the way, and yes, valve vs double fine was heart breaking.

Firaxis vs gearbox was also tough.

 

[Yvl9921]

It's more difficult this year since they added a totally unnecessary and laggy interface.

 

[white_salad]

Bioware vs Epic in the finale.

My two favorite companies, facing off. Ridiculous.

On one hand, mass effect and dragon age, especially right before dragon age 2 comes out.

On the other, gears has been the best multiplayer I've played, and bulletstorm is pretty darn fun too.

 

[GeorgW]

It's more difficult this year since they added a totally unnecessary and laggy interface.

Yeah, that really bugged me as well. With my crappy internet it took me forever to finish voting.