DVD Talk video game draft
 

In the past few months we've seen 2 DVD drafts and a TV draft, so it seems it's now time for a video game draft. The basic rules are starting at a given time daily, people post what video game they draft, without regard to any draft order, and after 10 rounds of pick people's collections are matched up and people vote on their favorites.

My proposed rules
Only console games, no computer or arcade games
Maximum of 2 games from any given console
Multiplatform games can be drafted by different people for different systems
Games must be released at time of being drafted, release date goes by gamespot.com
Maximum of 16 collections

I'm in, sounds fun.

This sounds like fun, I am in.

Re: the proposed rules--I dont like the "At least 1 game from 8-bit era, 16-bit era, 32/64-bit era, current era, and 1 portable game" rule. Way too complicated. The 2 games per console rule will get the desired results from your proposed rule.

I think the portable game requirement should be scrapped. But that's just my 2 cents.

My two cents:

1. Computer games should be allowed. Otherwise, you're blocking out a truckload of great games.

2. I don't think it's necessary to "force" variety in the collections by limiting us to a maximum of 2 games per console, or by making us draft from multiple eras. If somebody wants to draft an "All 3DO" collection, more power to them, I say.

3. What about multi-console games. What if Player A drafts "Spider-Man 3 (Xbox360)" and Player B drafts ("Spider-Man 3 (PS3)")

4. What about unreleased games?

I'll try to answer his question, or give my opinions:
1. Yep, allow them....although, only TWO per person (Although, I like CONSOLE ONLY....so, leave it at that, it's his draft)

2. Might want to bump to 3 games per system.....I know a LOT of people have never played some of the older stuff

3. Allow it...in the DVD draft, people could select Lords of the Rings regualr and extended.

4. Only games released NOW (however, if new games come out during the week, those are fair game too)

Should require a selection from the Atari era..

I updated the rules based on some of the arguments being made. There's a number of reasons I don't want to allow computer games, topping the list being 2 people will have 2 different experiences with a game on 2 different computers.

I'm down. There's a Music Forum draft that just started too.

Maybe we should limit multiple choices from the same game franchise, otherwise you might get someone picking all the mario's or zelda games. Could be unfair, you know?

That is why you pick in ROUNDS.....1 choice per round. Thus, it makes it fair. You don't say I want these 10 games and go with it. If someone ends up with all the Mario games, so be it

I'm in

Computer games should be allowed, however since this forum is console-centric, when voting comes around something tells me a lot of people will overlook great computer games.

There needs to more then 2 games per console.

If anyone takes all Marios/Zeldas/Street Fighters let them, I won't vote them.

The 2 games per console max forces people to look toward older systems for selections.

I plan on starting the draft 11 AM EST Thursday 10/27. Anyone with concerns/questions please continue to post with any arguments for rule addendums.

I'm having fun in the Music draft, so I'm in on this one.

I don't see a need to "force" people to pick anything. If someone can pick all Mario games, they sure as heck should be able to pick all 3DO games as Groucho suggested.

I think people shouldn't be able to draft 10 XBox games, though.

draft tomorrow, anyone else getting geared up?

Leave the rules as they are....if people bitch, they can start their own draft ;)

Are we drafting in THIS thread?

No, I'll post the official rules sometime today, start a thread tomorrow a couple of minutes before 11, and drafting will commence at 11.

Also, you can only draft 1 iteration in a series on a console, for example only 1 Street Fighter 2 for SNES no matter the alphabet soup that follows, only 1 Metal Gear Solid 2 for PS2, and I'm leaning toward allowing games to be drafted on seperate platforms. Game Boy and Game Boy Color will be considered the same system, Game Boy Advance is its own system. No compilations of any kind are allowed; their must be an obvious game you play, so Doom 3 CE XBox is draftable (despite having Doom and Doom 2) but then Doom 3 XBox won't be.

So, could we draft Doom3 CE (XBOX), then the Doom3 :Resurrection of Evil expansion?

No because there's not a new number at the end. So if someone drafted NBA Jam for SNES, you couldn't draft NBA Jam Tournament Edition. Same goes for Halo 2 + Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack, Ninja Gaiden + Ninja Gaiden Black, Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty + MGS 2 Substance, and other similar pairings. But if someone drafted Burnout Revenge XBox someone else could draft Burnout 3. Same goes Toejam & Earl Genesis + Toejam & Earl Planet Funkotron and any other true sequel. It gets fuzzy - like Rainbow Six 3 and Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow can't both be drafted for XBox, but one of them could get drafted with Rainbow Six Lockdown. The key thing is they both can't have the same number in them (like for SF2), and they can't be expansion packs/different editions of predominantly the same game (like Elder Scrolls for XBox)/publishers screwing over gamers while biding their time to release a legitimate sequel (Street Fighter 2).

I specifically mention Doom 3 as an example of where another game is included as a special feature but it isn't a compilation. It occured to me last night there are quite a few games like this (Metroid Zero Mission and Doom 3 were the 2 I thought of) and the inclusion of features like these should add to the greatness of the game.

So, who's gonna pick Custer's Revenge? :D2:

I shall prepare my list tonight in anticipation for this. The music draft is fun. I kind of think that people should be able to pick more than 2 games/console. I think the person who drafts 10 x-box games won't make it out of the first round. I know I wouldn't vote for them.