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At 10/15/09 08:38 PM, squidly wrote:

At 10/15/09 08:36 PM, CaptainChip wrote:

At 10/15/09 08:29 PM, Ass-Crumb wrote:

At 10/15/09 08:09 PM, explodingbunnies wrote:

At 10/15/09 08:00 PM, squidly wrote: im a fucking raging fan boy who hates gordon freeman and will rage on and on about how Mario basically invented games and shit. oh, did i mention im a raging fan boy!?

Yes, you did.

List of the game's achievements.

Now, try and be objective. Compare.

Is Mario Nintendo? Is Freeman Steam? No.

The characters DID NOT make those achievements, the game companies did.

Compare the actual characters instead.

The games they starred in, did.
Either way, a Plumber that SHOOTS FUCKING FIREBALLS is way better then some Geek with a crowbar, like I said.

1. Freeman is Valve, not Steam. Steam is a content delivery system created by Valve.

2. Freeman also has a gun, that can use ANYTHING AS AMMO.

3. In a fight between a fireball shooting plumber, and a guy with a gun, who do you think would win?

4. All of you fanboys need to STFU. The vote was close, and the reason mario lost was because Freeman is BAD ASS, and Nintendo's fanbase is mostly children who could care less about stuff like this. Mario is just a plumber that jumps, and throws fireballs. While he is a gaming icon, he may not be the greatest gaming hero in the public opinion.

Let us look at in-game achievements, over real world achievements...

Mario:
Saves a Princess from a evil dragon...turtle...thing...whatever the hell Bowser is, by jumping on his enemies, and shooting fireballs.

Freeman:
Shoots up legions of aliens, large robots, and zombies to free the human race.

Your opinion?

Thank you hanturas

This fight is totally invalid anyway since the only thing they have in common is they wear clothes.

At 10/15/09 08:51 PM, huntarus wrote: 1. Freeman is Valve, not Steam. Steam is a content delivery system created by Valve.

2. Freeman also has a gun, that can use ANYTHING AS AMMO.

3. In a fight between a fireball shooting plumber, and a guy with a gun, who do you think would win?

Mario, seeing as how he is a shitload more athletic and has more agility than Freeman. Can't shoot a target that jumps all over the room now can you?

4. All of you fanboys need to STFU. The vote was close, and the reason mario lost was because Freeman is BAD ASS,

Sure... whatever you say.

and Nintendo's fanbase is mostly children who could care less about stuff like this.

You seriously don't know who the majority of Nintendo's fanbase is...

Mario is just a plumber that jumps, and throws fireballs. While he is a gaming icon, he may not be the greatest gaming hero in the public opinion.

True.

Let us look at in-game achievements, over real world achievements...

Mario:
Saves a Princess from a evil dragon...turtle...thing...whatever the hell Bowser is, by jumping on his enemies, and shooting fireballs.

You missed out on a lot more that he does.

Freeman:
Shoots up legions of aliens, large robots, and zombies to free the human race.

Your opinion?

Mario. Not only does he save the entire galaxy, he does so in such a comedic and relaxing way.

Gordon won cause Mario is rated E, and apperently is too kiddy to be a hero.

But Halo invented FPS...

People who play videogames identify more with a quiet geek who wears thick glasses. And they want to be loved by everyone and accepted by those around them, like Gordon is, instead of perpetually trying to get with a girl, but at the end of the day being right back where you started, like Mario.

At 10/15/09 08:03 PM, Chdonga wrote: Mario is gay. Now if they made an FPS Mario...

Quote of Truth.
Anyways I support Steam so my vote would go to Freeman.

At 10/15/09 09:00 PM, Chdonga wrote: This fight is totally invalid anyway since the only thing they have in common is they wear clothes.

This and the fact that Duke won by default.
The vote was rigged.

Delivered

At 10/15/09 08:36 PM, CaptainChip wrote: Is Mario Nintendo? Is Freeman Steam? No.

The characters DID NOT make those achievements, the game companies did.

Compare the actual characters instead.

Alright, let me reevaluate:

Mario has:

* No real voice whatsoever in the canon, but is still full of buoyant emotions and has plenty of personality.
* Is completely original. There are little to no other plumbers in the gaming universe that pulled it off like Mario did, and if there are then they are probably from the mario universe.
* Shoots fireballs
* Plays sports as well as saves the world
* Kart races

Gordon:

* Isn't necessarily original (there are plenty of other white guys in armor kicking ass in games, the only thing new about him is that he knows science.)
* Doesn't talk at all, in any games he's been officially featured in.
* Doesn't have many emotions.
* Is a white guy with a goatee whose only attributes are "battle suit" and "guns up the ass"
* Is a scientist

I'd hate to see you guys when your favorite character on Total Drama Island "loses" on the show.

At 10/15/09 09:20 PM, EtchASketchClock wrote: I'd hate to see you guys when your favorite character on Total Drama Island "loses" on the show.

Man, fuck TDI.

Dude, it's fucking Gamespot. I don't even take that shit seriously.

Besides Gordon Freeman, well I wouldn't consider him the greatest video game hero and I wouldn't consider Mario either. It's something everybody has to decide. However the big candidates are...

Mario, Cloud, Master Chief, Duke Nukem, Snake, Sonic, and Link.

the only reason Gordon won was because Valve made a news update to all Steam accounts and told them to vote for him.

probably been said before, but whatever

Can't we just get along?

They're both great video games.
So stop whining.

They are both great series. They both revolutionized their eras. Mario did console gaming, Gordon did PC gaming. But frankly, Gordon Freeman is more heroic. You can't play Half-Life games without knowing that Gordon Freeman will save the world, and save as many people as possible in the process.

Gordon Freeman is not just a "geek with a crowbar" as a lot of people have said. He is a guy who has saved the Earth (and Xen, the world between dimensions) and has taken out a good part of a malicious alien empire. He is the smart quiet guy who will go to any extent to save everything that he loves.

Mario has saved the same princess and destroyed the same evil turtle in dozens of games, appearing in 77 as of October '09. He does this in many ways though, making the "proper" Mario games seem (For the most part, but not always.) new and inventive. However, saying Mario should have won because he "invented video gaming" doesn't hold much ground. Pac-Man should have won then, since he was the first actual video game character.

This contest was about the most heroic character is. The one you would want by your side in a battle. In any situation, you would probably want the smart yet brawny one; the one who could beat any opponent, no matter the odds. The one who is fighting for freedom and the freedom of others- others not even from the same universe.
You would want to fight with the One Free Man.

We remember the Free Man- we are coterminous. There is no distance between us. No false veils of time or space may interfere.

Really I ain't gonna say mario is the best but he lost to gordon freeman,really? really if you comparing mario to someone else I might give you the benefit of the dought but freeman?

Gordon Freeman was my role model growing up.

I mean, seriously, who didn't want to be a badass theoretical physicist who fought aliens with a crowbar?

Gordon Freeman deserves first place.

I was a fan of Mario, only when I was young.

Hey dumbasses the contest was about who was the better hero mario saves a stupid blonde while gordon saves the world

The delicious tears, almost as good as when MC died.

Delicious.

I like both, but I voted for Freeman. So what? It's just a simple online poll. Will it affect your life? No. So why get so worked up about it?

I'm a Nintendo fanboy, I'll happily admit that. And no, I'm not pissed that Gordon Freeman won the greatest VG hero of all time poll. In fact, I'm happy. I voted for him against both Link and Mario.

Though personally, I was hoping for Banjo & Kazooie to win. Oh well.

I thought Mario should have won but whatever still doesn't mean shit.

The Greatest Game Hero is;

Goemon

You know, he may not be the greatest video game hero in my view but I'm sure as hell happy he won instead of Mario or Link. Now I don't hate those two characters but when it comes to these kind of contests, I like to see a nice change of face and Gamespot showed that nicely with Bub & Bob winning the first few fights as well as Gordon Freeman winning the whole thing. I was satisfied with the Greatest Hero tournament overall. Infact, I thought it was better than any Character Battle held by GameFAQs, so nice work Gamespot.

Also, the arguments here....JESUS CHRIST!

Gordon Freeman is no more of a video game character than a name, we never actually see him or interact with his personality. We are Gordon in HL. Mario is developed, has an Italian accent and a moustache.

Squidly, why is it that every thread you make sucks balls?

I think people are missing the biggest point... Mario was a character played by the player, whereas Gordon was really the player.

Gordon never spoke which allowed peoples imaginations to respond to the other characters.

That "contest" was about the character, not the game or what the games did for the gaming market.

I have no favouritism of genres or gaming systems either.

At 10/15/09 08:00 PM, squidly wrote: without mario WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY FPS's.

But without Pong WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PLATFORMERS.

Your logic is flawed.

But i don't get how Gordon won....I mean he never talks, he has no personality, we wouldn't even know what he looks like if not for the boxart.
Gordon is just a soulless, emotionless...thing.
At least Mario is somewhat likable.