Special Anniversary Episode + Top Game User Poll

[red.hexapus]

#11846

So, maybe this is a strange idea, but it has been prompted by my participation in current TSPDT favourite movie poll. If you are a cinephile such as me I encourage you to take part as well:

https://theyshootpictures.com/filmpoll26.php

Anyways, as the 10th year anniversary of DGC will be next year, why not have a similar user poll in the preceding months to have a top 250 favourite DGC DOS games (with each user selecting say 25 games?)

Then the list could be released alongside the anniversary episode in which Martijn and Florian could present and discuss briefly their top 10 DOS game lists (alternating and going from 10 up to 1). I’d definitely love to hear which games you consider your favourites.

What do you think?

[firefyte]

#11847

Sure, and with guest/voice message commentary?

[red.hexapus]

#11848

Depends how Martijn and Florian would approach it, was thinking of hearing only them (as a callback to first episodes), but maybe voice messages with top 3?

[sorceress]

#11849

This is a great idea! … with some caveats

1. Top 250 sounds quite ambitious. You’d need 10 people to select 25 favourites just to fill that out, and you’ll need 10x as many as this for a top 250 to be anywhere close to stable. I fear this would be too much to ask of the community. I’d recommend lower goals.

I’m not sure I could even come up with a list of 25 for myself, but then I’m not as much of a DOS enthusiast as some here. I fear I’d be scraping the barrel with games I know pretty well (but don’t particularly like), just to fill it out.

2. Would the 2+ hosts be talking about their *own* top 10 lists or the community’s top 10? I think I’d prefer the latter, but then the hosts might not know or like the games on the list that much themselves

If instead they talk about their own lists, then just how many lists are going to be presented? And what will become of the community’s list? I can see pros and cons of each option here.

3. I strongly feel this kind of episode would benefit from a couple of guests, and I think they should be guests who have a broad knowledge of DOS games. Can I make an advanced request for @Pix for this reason? 🙂 + someone else of his caliber.

[Pix]

#11850

I like the idea but agree that it would need to be more along the lines of asking for a top 5. We could go through the final top 10 and maybe personal top 5’s for the hosts and guests. That would make for a fun show. I’d certainly be happy to be on.

Having discussed it on IRC, some would rather concentrate on the podcast itself. Favourite episodes, best games we’ve covered, that sort of thing which is another option. We’ve not made any decisions as of yet. Thankfully we’ve got a bit of time to decide.

[Tijn]

#11851

I’d personally also very much like it if people sent in voice messages, so we could make the anniversary episode into a clip show of sorts where we get to hear the voices of past guests and listeners.

[red.hexapus]

#11852

Some great comments, thanks for these 🙂 Top 5 from hosts/guests sounds good, I’m curious which games would be chosen and for what reasons. Focusing on the podcast itself and past also sound like a nice idea.

[Tijn]

#11853

Thank you for starting the thread and making us think of this early, red.hexapus! I hope this helps to make it something special 🙂