• 13Oct 09

  System Wars 2009 Awards Breakdown/Acknowledgement Blog from King Ty the Hero!

  Hey, it's KingTy, SolidTy the Hero, and I just wanted to pass some accolades around for the SW Awards (Let's hope I fare better than the last King, who was Banned. I call it the KING KURSE :shock.

  Here is the LINK to the System Wars Awards! (Click) sponsored by Ninja Hippo from Avant and GUFU!
  

  Well, it's all over, and this is the break down :

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  User Who Should Post More: carljohnson3456! (CJ was a great poster, this is nice to see)
  Most Active Poster: Jandurin, ActicEdge (I was the more active than I've ever been, but I just couldn't compete with these dudes! Congrats. Actic has only been here for about 10 months with 8000 posts, Jandurin's at 60,000!)
  Best Username: Cookigaki, Ninja-Hipoo (Cooki is pretty dang new, and Hippo's been around, good names though. Extra Props for Hippo making this award go down! )
  Best Debater: Subrosian (He is an oldtimer as well, he certainly used to debate a lot more, good job.)
  Best Avatar: psn8214, aallxxjjnn, AdobeArtist (Congrats on your avy's guys!)
  Best Sig: Stevo_The_Gamer (He's got a funny Cow sig due to ODST getting a 9, maybe he will make a Uncharted 2 sig too, with U2's 9.5! )
  Best Designer/artist: AdobeArtist (by miles!) (Great job, Adobe, I'll have to hit you up sometime. Nice pics of Playboy models in your campaign efforts.)
  Best Matching avatar and sig: Animal-Mother ( He's had so many avys and sigs, but good job AM!)
  Best Journal (blog): jg4xchamp (over 90% of the vote )(I never knew he had a blog till last year!:shock
  Most Unique Topic Creator: Thunderdrone, Willy105 (Thunderdrone is another newcomer, but both these guys are Nintendo die hard fans, which create fun topics for SW to revel in. Congrats guys!)
  
  
  SOCIAL POSITION:

  
  Best Mod: Teufelhuhn (I remember him as a poster, he's been a great Mod)
  User Who Should Be a Mod: Wasdie (I remember him as a poster, now he's the Boss of Gufu, also great guy.)
  Most Underappreciated User: -Oath (He was rough around the edges, but he's really become more opened minded!)
  Best American User: jg4xchamp (New Yorker, and proud of it. He's a fan of football, Nascar,Food, and women.)
  Best Canadian User: AdobeArtist (Heard good things, Saw even better things from him Just found out he's Canadian! Congrats!)
  Best Australian: Skrat 01 (I didn't know he's Aussie, like Zarshack, but Skrat's always been a decent poster, and like me he's an oldtimer)
  Best European User: IronBass (Good for Iron! The Legend SolidTy recognizes a good Euro poster!)
  Best International User: Anshul89 (I've seen him around the forums, glad to see he was recognized.)
  Best GS Newcomer: Tagyhag (Pretty new to me, but she's made an impact, and the people have spoken! )

  
  THE System wars AWARDS:

  System Wars King/Queen: SolidTY (Thank you guys! I will do my best as King not to get Banned! The King Kurse, as I now dub it! )
  Most Grizzled Ancient, aka System Wars vet: Subrosian (He's been here forever, like Jandurin. I remember seeing them back in the old PS2 Xbox Gamecube SW era! )
  The System Wars Hero: SolidTY (Again, Thanks! It's an honor!)
  Most legendary thread: "PS3 is on a treadmill and going nowhere" (Too many funny threads, this one won.)
  The Grunt Award aka best newcomer to SW: TagyHag (Like Newcomer Actic, She's made quite the impression!)
  Overlord of Gifs: HarlockJC ( He does like to bust them out, and they are always fun. Great Job!)
  Best Writer: The_Game21x (He doesn't post as much as he used to, but I've had fun chatting with him. Congrats!)
  Grand Master Lulz aka funniest user: Jandurin, Floppy_Jim (I wanted this one, but congrats to these guys, they earned it! )
  Nicest User: Floppy_Jim (There are a few nice guys, and Floppy is indeed one of them. )
  Most Intelligent: Teufelhuhn (Congrats again, sir! )
  Outgoing/Crazy User: Floppy_Jim (I didn't know what this meant, but congrats nonetheless!)
  Most respected User: Subrosian (Well, he does have a sticky up there!)
  The "Rock the Boat' award: ActicEdge (The new guy gets another AWARD?! Good job! )

  THE EDITOR AWARDS:
  
  Best Overall Editor: Kevin Van Ord (Congrats!)

  Game Awards:

  GOTY prediction: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (I can't wait to play this. I got a sealed copy, I plan on opening tomorrow. I was involved with three Beta's for U2, and I can vouch they are a blast. The SP is what I really want to sink my teeth into, as I got Beat Uncharted 1 4 times just to get a PLatinum )

  System which *won* 2008/2009(so far): Playstation 3 ( Since early 2008's AAAA MGS4, Sony's PS3 has been cranking with AAA LBP, AAA Resistance 2. The train didn't slow down with this years AAA MLB09:The Show, AAA Killzone 2, AAA InFamous, AAA Demon's Souls, and AAA Uncharted 2. I think the PS3 $299 Slim is what really sealed the deal for many folks, including Gamespot. Great year for all machines, but great momentum for PS3 this year.)

  Biggest flop: Halo Wars (I had it reserved, I bought it. It's still fun, but it's not wonderful. Many reviewers seemd to equate this game as the game that was going to make RTS big for consoles, like HaloCE did for FPS. That was wrong, in retrospect. Still, I own it, and it's a decent game. Still, a 6.5 is what Halo Wars got from GS. Also, the team that made it are no more. )

  Biggest surprise hit: Demon's Souls (It got a 9 from GS! Surprised me, as it's hard and niche, but congrats on that game. It's a Sony 1st Party game in Japan, made by Sony and From Software. However, Sony didn't think it would ever sell out here, so ATLUS brought it over to the States. Pretty neat story, now we wait and see if Sony was right about the sales. Sony made a game last gen on PS2 called SkyGunner, that they allowed Atlus to bring over as well. It would be nice to see this game get the sales it seems to deserve.)

  Most overdone thread topic: Forza 2 vs Gran Turismo 5 (Way too much of these silly threads. ALso, it's a typo, it was FORZA 3 vs. GT5, not Forza 2. )

  Platform AHippywards:

  
  
  

  The 'I'm a PC' award for System Wars' PC aficionado: Adrian Werner (I haven't seen him post in FOREVER, but congrats!)

  General Xbox McRedrings - award for System Wars' Xbox 360 aficionado: WilliamRLBaker (WilliamRLBaker, he won.)

  King Wii of Nintendopia - award for System Wars' Wii aficionado: Willy105 (Long Time Sheep and still making fun threads. Creator of Retro Wars and SW Weekly.)

  Admiral of the Royal Sony Defense Force - award for System Wars' PS3 aficionado: jakehouston88 (He campaigned and it paid off. Good job Mr. Jake.)

  The Hippy award - award for a genuine manticore, if such a thing exists: SolidTY, Subrosian (Nice to see someone else get some awards this year, last year it was the Subby Awards practically. I'm in good company then. )

  See you next year!

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  Well, that's pretty awesome stuff right there.

  Congrats to all, and I will do my best as both King and Hero. You guys have made me very Happy!

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  Note to future self : Since I'm blogging, this is a reference to myself for myself, but as of OCT 2009 I am at :

  1478 Trophies with 21 Platinums, and 97,622 Gamerscore.
  

  • Posted Oct 13, 2009 5:13 am PT
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• 9Oct 09

  The SYSTEM WARS AWARDS 2009!

  Well, it's that time again this year, the ANNUAL SYSTEM WARS AWARDS 2009!

  THERE ARE ONLY THREE FULL DAYS LEFT!
  

  If you are a LEVEL 6 GameSpot User, and you've visit System Wars from time to time, go rock your VOTE!

  COME TO THIS THREAD CLICKITY CLICK FOR THE LINK!

  Whatever you vote, just remember to have fun, it's all virtual fun.

  I myself am up for a few categories, so if you feel the need to vote SOLID, I wouldn't mind.
  

  
  

  This is SolidTy, Signing Off.

  • Posted Oct 9, 2009 5:38 pm PT
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• 27Jul 09

  Quoted For Truth,QFT,Revisiting an Unlikely Internet MEME,that I gave the world!

  If you go back through my blogs, you can see that while I created Quoted for Truth sometime in 2005ish, I blogged in in early 2006 as I noticed users here at Gamespot started using it. I never imagined it would spread all over the net!

  Check out my very first BLOG to this site, it's crazy.
  

  This was years before Gerstman Gate, and all.

  
  Had I known I created a popular MEME, I would have documented it sooner, but luckily my VERY FIRST BLOG did document it after I noticed others were using the phrase QUoted for Truth or QFT. I felt I should blog it back then, and I'm glad I did!

  I guess you never know what you say will actually catch on, How was I to know?

  
  Funny thing is I NEVER expected this to become a popular MEME. It's pretty awesome. It's all in good fun.

  I'm just so surprised! It hit me a few days ago when someone I knew was talkinga bout Internet MEMES, and I realized, I actually contributed one!

  Overall, it's not a big deal, just something I know I did, and is kinda cool to me, that's what Blogs are for, right?

  The above sentence is QUOTED FOR TRUTH!

  • Posted Jul 27, 2009 5:55 am PT
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