Marathon Poll Results!

[Tim]

I put a poll up two weeks ago asking you guys which Marathon you'd like to see next. Your choices were a revisiting of last year's Sonic the Hedgehog Marathon or a Banjo-Kazooie Marathon. More than 400 votes were cast and, despite the polls remaining neck and neck for much of the polling period, there's a clear winner. And that is...

...revisiting the Sonic the Hedgehog Marathon! With 219 votes, it captured 52% of the total, making it your choice for our next Marathon! Thanks for voting!

This isn't to say we'll never do a Banjo Marathon-- it's certainly still a very real possibility. However, the idea may also be integrated into a larger "Rare-a-thon" featuring other games made by Rare to provide a little more variety. Who knows!

I'm working on planning the Marathon now, including finalizing the list of games and putting up a banner contest. This should all be up sometime this week-- keep checking back for updates!

Two quick notes:

* If you sent me an email during (or immediately following) the Pokemon Marathon, I likely haven't responded to it yet. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten you! I've just been extremely preoccupied lately and haven't gotten around to reading and responding to all of my emails.
* I sent out thank-you emails to all of the donors a while ago. However, some sort of error occurred while they were being sent out and I'm not sure if each email went through. If you donated and haven't received an email, please let me know via email. I don't want to forget anybody!

One last thing-- I'm experimenting with a pseudo-commenting system where people can leave feedback regarding main site updates on the forums. Registration isn't required! We'd love to hear what you guys think about the site announcements so please consider leaving a comment or two below.

[Jason]

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[iDespair]

I'm excited. I really enjoyed the little mini Sonic Marathon on April Fools day, so this should be pretty awesome too.
Any idea which games you're going to be playing?

[urxvt]

Yay sonic, also sonic 3d blast plz <3

[WhyGuy21]

I have exponential expectations... CAN'T WAIT!

[kwando1313]

Yes!!! Sonic Marathon! Do you know what this means? SONIC '06!!! BEST GAME EVER!! Yay!

[Gohan955]

I find the Sonic '06 meme has become overused and boring.
Eh, I guess Sonic is the best one out of the two to draw in a crowd.

[kwando1313]

Overused meme is overused?

Fine. We'll talk about Superman 64 instead.

[ajohnston05]

Woo hoo! Glad to see that Sonic won. I can't wait to see the list of games that'll be played!

[MasterMo]

I'd be more excited if I had more Sonic under my belt. Alas, I grew up on Nintendo. Didn't get much Sonic. Aw well, didn't care much for Banjo either, so I ain't complaining.

I have one suggestion. Since many of the games have multiple characters, I'd like to see both teams differ in character choice when given the choice. Meaning "Team Sonic" would pick Sonic up in every game while "Team And Friends" would pick Tails in S2, Knuckles in S&K, etc. Dunno how many games this would really effect, but I think it would be a cool, albeit small thing.

And yes, I want the second team to be named "And Friends."