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Filtered: contest = Best Year in Gaming (2017) [×]   — 35 of 1,528 matches   show all

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# Poll ▼ Contest Date Result Total Margin (%) Margin (votes)
1 6720
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-22
1998 13,644 · 66.19%
2001 6,970 · 33.81%
20,614 32.38% 6,674
2 6719
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-21
1998 12,908 · 66.35%
1994 6,546 · 33.65%
19,454 32.70% 6,362
3 6718
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-20
2001 9,218 · 51.74%
1997 8,598 · 48.26%
17,816 3.48% 620
4 6717
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-19
1998 15,764 · 81.35%
2003 3,614 · 18.65%
19,378 62.70% 12,150
5 6716
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-18
1994 9,838 · 53.38%
1991 8,591 · 46.62%
18,429 6.77% 1,247
6 6715
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-17
1997 13,389 · 69.15%
1996 5,974 · 30.85%
19,363 38.29% 7,415
7 6714
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-16
2001 10,156 · 52.11%
1995 9,333 · 47.89%
19,489 4.22% 823
8 6713
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-15
2003 9,305 · 57.67%
2005 6,830 · 42.33%
16,135 15.34% 2,475
9 6712
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-15
1998 12,056 · 72.85%
1992 4,494 · 27.15%
16,550 45.69% 7,562
10 6711
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-14
1994 9,809 · 62.02%
2011 6,006 · 37.98%
15,815 24.05% 3,803
11 6710
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-14
1991 8,685 · 54.91%
2002 7,133 · 45.09%
15,818 9.81% 1,552
12 6709
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-13
1996 7,880 · 51.38%
2000 7,456 · 48.62%
15,336 2.76% 424
13 6708
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-13
1997 11,000 · 70.98%
2007 4,497 · 29.02%
15,497 41.96% 6,503
14 6707
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-12
2001 11,368 · 68.40%
2008 5,251 · 31.60%
16,619 36.81% 6,117
15 6706
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-12
1995 8,668 · 52.39%
1987 7,878 · 47.61%
16,546 4.77% 790
16 6705
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-11
2005 9,799 · 59.02%
2015 6,803 · 40.98%
16,602 18.05% 2,996
17 6704
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-11
2003 9,711 · 58.03%
2013 7,024 · 41.97%
16,735 16.06% 2,687
18 6703
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-10
1992 12,309 · 72.92%
2016 4,570 · 27.08%
16,879 45.85% 7,739
19 6702
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-10
1998 14,842 · 85.92%
1993 2,433 · 14.08%
17,275 71.83% 12,409
20 6701
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-09
2011 9,262 · 54.86%
2006 7,622 · 45.14%
16,884 9.71% 1,640
21 6700
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-09
1994 10,236 · 58.69%
2004 7,205 · 41.31%
17,441 17.38% 3,031
22 6699
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-08
2002 12,023 · 70.37%
2010 5,063 · 29.63%
17,086 40.74% 6,960
23 6698
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-08
1991 14,850 · 87.54%
1988 2,114 · 12.46%
16,964 75.08% 12,736
24 6697
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-07
1996 13,583 · 83.69%
1989 2,648 · 16.31%
16,231 67.37% 10,935
25 6696
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-07
2000 10,770 · 65.30%
1990 5,722 · 34.70%
16,492 30.61% 5,048
26 6695
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-06
2007 11,669 · 76.56%
2012 3,573 · 23.44%
15,242 53.12% 8,096
27 6694
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-06
1997 12,363 · 77.25%
1999 3,640 · 22.75%
16,003 54.51% 8,723
28 6693
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-05
2008 11,633 · 71.83%
2009 4,563 · 28.17%
16,196 43.65% 7,070
29 6692
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-05
2001 13,966 · 83.17%
2014 2,826 · 16.83%
16,792 66.34% 11,140
30 6691
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-04
1987 12,549 · 74.40%
1985 4,319 · 25.60%
16,868 48.79% 8,230
31 6690
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-04
1995 14,966 · 89.00%
1986 1,849 · 11.00%
16,815 78.01% 13,117
32 6689
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-03
2005 12,343 · 85.53%
1978 2,088 · 14.47%
14,431 71.06% 10,255
33 6688
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-03
2006 11,158 · 74.29%
1981 3,862 · 25.71%
15,020 48.58% 7,296
34 6687
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-02
1989 10,929 · 69.71%
1983 4,749 · 30.29%
15,678 39.42% 6,180
35 6686
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Best Year in Gaming (2017) 2017-05-02
2009 12,782 · 81.10%
1979 2,978 · 18.90%
15,760 62.21% 9,804

Name aliases

These spelling variants are treated as one entrant when you filter by name. Aliases are scoped to the contest type, so the same name can resolve differently for a character, a game and a series.

Characters

  • Aerith Gainsborough — also Aeris, Aeris Gainsborough
  • Albert Wesker — also Wesker
  • Cecil Harvey — also Cecil
  • Chun-Li — also Chun Li
  • Dr. Robotnik — also Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
  • Isaac (Golden Sun) — also Isaac
  • Ken Masters — also Ken
  • Knuckles the Echidna — also Knuckles
  • Miles "Tails" Prower — also Miles 'Tails' Prower
  • PaRappa The Rapper — also PaRappa
  • Prince of Persia — also The Prince of Persia
  • Proto Man — also Protoman
  • Ryu — also Ryu (Street Fighter)
  • Samus Aran — also Samus
  • Terra Branford — also Terra
  • The King of All Cosmos — also King of all Cosmos
  • Tifa Lockhart — also Tifa Lockheart
  • Vivi — also Vivi Ornitier
  • Zero (Mega Man X) — also Zero
  • Zidane Tribal — also Zidane

Games

  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — also Call of Duty 4
  • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night — also Symphony of the Night
  • Diablo II — also Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
  • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest — also Donkey Kong Country 2
  • EarthBound — also Earthbound
  • Final Fantasy IV — also Final Fantasy II (IV)
  • Final Fantasy VI — also Final Fantasy III (VI)
  • GoldenEye 007 — also Goldeneye
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — also Vice City
  • Halo: Combat Evolved — also Halo
  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty — also Metal Gear Solid 2
  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater — also Metal Gear Solid 3
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — also Metal Gear Solid 4
  • Pokemon Diamond/Pearl — also Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
  • Pokemon Gold/Silver — also Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal Version
  • Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow — also Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/Green Version
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 — also Persona 4
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — also Sonic 2
  • SoulCalibur — also Soul Calibur
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — also Knights of the Old Republic
  • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars — also Super Mario RPG
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past — also A Link to the Past, Zelda: A Link to the Past
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening — also Zelda: Link's Awakening
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — also Ocarina of Time
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — also The Wind Waker, Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — also Zelda: Twilight Princess
  • The Secret of Monkey Island — also Secret of Monkey Island
  • The World Ends With You — also The World Ends with You

Rivalries

  • Chell vs. GLaDOS — also Chell vs. GlaDOS
  • Cloud Strife vs. Sephiroth — also Cloud vs. Sephiroth

Split by era

A few titles use the same poll name for different releases, so they are split here and counted separately:

  • God of WarGod of War (2018) (polls 7954, 7998, 8020, 8031) · God of War (2005) (all other polls)
  • DoomDoom (1993)
  • DOOMDOOM (2016)

Same name in more than one contest type

The same name can be a character, a game and a series — each is a separate entrant, so filtering by one will not pull in the others:

  • Bayonetta — character, game
  • Civilization — game, series
  • Cuphead — character, game
  • Devil May Cry — game, series
  • Diablo — character, series
  • Donkey Kong — character, game
  • Final Fantasy — game, series
  • Fire Emblem — game, series
  • Kingdom Hearts — game, series
  • Kirby — character, series
  • Mega Man — character, series
  • Mega Man X — character, game, series
  • Metal Gear — game, series
  • Metroid — game, series
  • Pac-Man — character, game
  • Prince of Persia — character, game
  • Resident Evil — game, series
  • Shovel Knight — character, game
  • Sonic the Hedgehog — character, game, series
  • Suikoden — game, series
  • Super Mario Bros. — game, series
  • The Legend of Zelda — game, series
  • Viewtiful Joe — character, game

CB 2006 Battle Royale

Polls 2562–2566 are the Character Battle 2006 Battle Royale: a six-way poll, then five-, four-, three- and two-way as entrants were eliminated. Vote counts come from the poll-update history — the summary table stores only two of the names for these.

Bonus / novelty matches

These ran alongside a contest but were not part of its scored bracket, so they are hidden by default. Use the show bonus link above the table to include them.

  • Poll 2926 — CB VI: "? Block" novelty poll
  • Poll 3308 — CB VII: Classic/CD-I/Toon/Young Link 4-way novelty
  • Poll 3509 — BGE 2K9: OoT vs FFVII 2-way rematch
  • Poll 4196 — GOTD: Link vs Santa Claus
  • Poll 4573 — Rivalry: 3rd-place match
  • Poll 5224 — CB IX Bonus 1: Last Place
  • Poll 5252 — CB IX Bonus 2: Revenge Match
  • Poll 5265 — CB IX Bonus 3: Runners-Up Battle
  • Poll 5267 — CB IX Bonus 4: Link vs Solid Snake
  • Poll 6178 — BGE 2K15: 3rd-place Melee vs SMRPG
  • Poll 6179 — BGE 2K15: Grudge Match
  • Poll 6180 — BGE 2K15: Grudge Match
  • Poll 6181 — BGE 2K15: Grudge Match
  • Poll 8090 — GOTD 2: BotW vs Majora's Mask

† Flagged matches (shown, with a note)

  • Poll 1618 — poll re-run after a voting bug; one result row shown
  • Poll 1626 — GameFAQs layout changed partway through the match
  • Poll 1631 — two-day match
  • Poll 2437 — match ran ~15 min short (delayed start)
  • Poll 2455 — match ran ~30 min short (site downtime)
  • Poll 2546 — 25-hour match (Daylight Saving switch)
  • Poll 5205 — Vote purge late in the match; the final total shown is the official one
  • Poll 5207 — Vote purge late in the match; the final total shown is the official one