S0L's Challenge: The Campaign for SEGA characters to become DLC.
Based Steve.Originally Posted by S0L
I'll set you a challenge. Without any policing from the SUMO or SEGA crew, if you can all agree on three characters by the 1st of December and prove there is sufficient interest of at least 1000 unique people *per* character, I will present the result to SEGA. I can't promise anything will happen as a result, but since you're starting it...
Let's see if you can organise yourselves in the next few weeks to pull that off!
My sole hints, first you probably need to define some rules, then agree on who will police them, and then run it fairly (no cheating) and deliver something professional and credible I'd be able to use. You are on your own for the rest
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S0L
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So, it's actually pretty simple. I have prepared petition pages that correspond to frequently suggested characters for everyone interested to support the game and their favorite character to vote. The characters are selected mostly on account of not being from series already being represented in the form of playable racers, such as Sonic, Skies of Arcadia and Jet Set Radio. Let us get the established rules out of the way first.
-Up to three (3) characters may be presented to S0L.
-Each character must meet a requirement of interest from one thousand (1000) unique people. In other words, a minimum of 1000 votes must be placed for the character to qualify.
-There is no limit to which characters you would like to vote on, but only one vote is allowed per character.*
-Alternate and/or duplicated votes are strictly discouraged.**
-Spreading the word for more people to support the campaign is encouraged. However, people should be directed to read this post first instead of being sent straight to the petition pages. If you want people to vote for someone in particular, they might as well get access to the full deal while they are here.
-The deadline for the movement is marked on December 1st.
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I would also like to note that on the event that more than three characters are qualified, an arbitrary selection along with the height of the associated vote counts will rank their priority. Characters from SEGA franchises not yet tangibly represented in the All-Stars Racing games will be put on the front on the decisive selection. Negociation on the matter throughout the campaign is heavily advised to prevent possible biased pickings (because we're a pretty vocal and agitated forum community and whatnot, hey, bear with me here), but people involved will be strongly requested to debate and present arguments over the matter in a clean and constructive manner. More on this in due time.
Change.org will be used to collect the votes, since the service is very safe and efficient. The requirement for an address is confidential to every participant and only the state/country will be displayed to the public. For those scared by the prerequesite, I again guarantee that the steps for voting are perfectly safe. But in the event that people end up getting assaulted worldwide for voting for their favorite characters in a video game, I will ultimately assume responsibility and mark past mess-ups about the lack of a new Ecco game to blame. I am a man of justice, after all.
Without further delay,
-Alis Landale (Phantasy Star)
-Opa-Opa (Fantasy Zone)
-Space Harrier (Space Harrier)
-Ristar (Ristar The Shooting Star)
-Vectorman (Vectorman)
-Ecco The Dolphin (Ecco The Dolphin)
-Bonanza Bros. (Bonanza Bros.)
-Axel Stone (Streets of Rage)
-Blaze Fielding (Streets of Rage)
-ToeJam & Earl (ToeJam & Earl)
-Sketch Turner (Comix Zone)
-Jacky Bryant (Virtua Fighter)
-Sakura Shinguuji (Sakura Taisen)
-Chu Chus (ChuChu Rocket!)
-Rag Rappy (Phantasy Star)
-Ryo Hazuki (Shenmue)
-Arle Nadja (Puyo Puyo)
-Amitie (Puyo Puyo)
-Billy Hatcher (Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg)
-Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza)
-Welkin Gunther (Valkyria Chronicles)
-Selvaria Bles (Valkyria Chronicles)
-Segata Sanshiro
-Phantom R (Rythm Thief)
-Ash (Hell Yeah!)
-Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
-Spiral Knight (Spiral Knights)
-Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid/Project DIVA)
(Thanks to Vyse for helping with the petition pages.)
And lastly but most importantly, participate cleanly and have fun! Vote counts will be checked back and posted periodically to keep up with the progress.
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November 18th, 5:00pm, East Coast Time.
November 19th, 9:35pm, East Coast Time.
November 21th, 3:45pm, East Coast Time.
November 22th, 10:00pm, East Coast Time.
November 23th, 8:20pm, East Coast Time.
November 24th, 5:35pm, East Coast Time.
November 26th, 10:10pm, East Coast Time.
November 27th, 11:05pm, East Coast Time.
November 28th, 9:05pm, East Coast Time.
November 26th, 10:10pm, East Coast Time.
November 27th, 11:05pm, East Coast Time.
November 28th, 9:05pm, East Coast Time.
November 29th, 11:00pm, East Coast Time.
December 1st, 1:30am, East Coast Time.
Final results as of December 1st, 5:20Pm, East Coast Time.
-Ryo Hazuki: 3379
-Hatsune Miku: 3180
-Segata Sanshiro: 2613
-Vectorman: 1221
-Bayonetta: 1215
-Ristar: 1081
-ToeJam & Earl: 1015
-Billy Hatcher: 692
-Axel Stone: 584
-Blaze Fielding: 528
-Phantom R: 473
-Selvaria Bles: 458
-Alis Landale: 452
-Sakura Shinguuji: 369
-Welkin Gunther: 367
-Opa-Opa: 333
-Ash: 332
-Kazuma Kiryu: 308
-Sketch Turner: 306
-Arle Nadja: 305
-The Chu Chus: 274
-Space Harrier: 253
-Bonanza Bros: 230
-Spiral Knight: 184
-Amitie: 162
-Rag Rappy: 160
-Ecco: 125
-Jacky Bryant: 119
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GAME OVER YEAAAAAAAH
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