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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Nov 18, 2012 22:44:48 GMT
Difficult to know where to post this, but for those who might have missed it, this is from the Team Yu Facebook/Google+ pages:
You may be like me and not really care about Sega's latest Mario Kart clone, but this is still an opportunity to demonstrate the popularity of Shenmue, directly to real decision makers at Sega (rather than their front line social media staff). A place on the podium for Ryo in this contest would make the campaign for Shenmue III that little bit easier, so please vote and spread the word.
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Chris
Senior Hazuki
Bigger than Hitler, better than Christ.
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Post by Chris on Nov 19, 2012 7:06:02 GMT
Voted.
But All Stars Racing isn't a Mario Kart clone.
It's more like... Outrun with items.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Nov 19, 2012 23:56:23 GMT
In concept it's a Mario Kart clone. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just a label for the cutesy mascots with power-ups racing genre, just as first-person shooters were known as Doom clones for many years until there were enough of them for the name to lose all relevance. The same would happen with Diablo clones if there were a greater number of successful games of that type to compare them with. Anyway, here's a video I've cobbled together to try and help stir up support for Ryo's petition. Please feel free to share: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj-3jUf3PLc |
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Post by ShenmueAddict on Nov 20, 2012 0:15:02 GMT
Voted. But All Stars Racing isn't a Mario Kart clone. It's more like... Outrun with items. Indeed, since its made by the same developers as the newer outrun games on consoles, you can tell they used the same engine and just added stuff First one was cool, i look forward to the new one, would love to win this contest and get Ryo in it again. Ive signed it, may do a couple more with different addresses and will do a mass forum email and PM to spread the word  |
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Chris
Senior Hazuki
Bigger than Hitler, better than Christ.
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Post by Chris on Nov 20, 2012 17:03:56 GMT
By the way you guys should probably go buy this because it's pretty fuckin' fun.
I'm waiting on the PC version to release but goddamn did the demo feel nice.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Nov 20, 2012 17:52:39 GMT
I'll buy it if Ryo's added, otherwise I'm not going to validate their decision to leave him out. Edit: Ryo's currently in third place, behind two unlikely characters with better organized support. If he can hold this position until 1st December, then it'll be mission accomplished. But that's a long road ahead, with some unnervingly large competition in his rear view phoenix mirror. Fans need to keep spreading the word. |
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Nov 22, 2012 15:24:07 GMT
Ryo's nabbed second place and now challenges for the top spot, but a new twist in the rules says it may not be enough! |
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mue26
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Post by mue26 on Nov 23, 2012 2:14:21 GMT
Miku's 8 votes ahead of our boy right now.
On a seperate note, the game seems to be fairly well recieved. I mean, Rllmuk seem to be loving it, are we know what a bunch of miserable so and so's they are. So it must be decent.
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mue26
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Post by mue26 on Nov 23, 2012 18:24:06 GMT
Sweaty, do you know what's with all this cryptic hush hush Shenmue talk on the dojo? Is it to do with Johnny's little thing? Though, if it is I still fail to understand why when in the context of a SOA HD (rumoured to be) confirmed thread it "sucks" :s
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Nov 23, 2012 23:31:08 GMT
I don't know what it is. I assume it's nothing to do with Johnny. If they've heard something that can't be verified, then they're absolutely right to not go spreading it around yet. But I agree with Lan Di-sama's response, that indulging in "nudge-nudge, wink-wink, we know something you don't know" behaviour almost nullifies whatever nobility points they may have earned.
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Nov 27, 2012 20:42:57 GMT
Ryo's currently in first place. Can he stay ahead of Miku until Saturday? The tension is almost too much to bear...
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Dec 2, 2012 0:12:01 GMT
The polls have closed and Ryo has won the public vote. BUT! Sega forum members are now debating whether it's fair to present him as their number one choice because he was in the previous game... EDIT: The head of Sumo Digital has stepped in and confirmed he'll be taking all the names who've passed 1000 votes, so Ryo's spot is safe - provided there aren't a ridiculous number of duplicates when he examines the data. |
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Post by Let's Get Sweaty! on Dec 17, 2013 22:19:05 GMT
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