It is ridiculously appreciated. The core group of votes might dwindle, but it's still very nice to have an area where everyone throws down some thoughts. Despite us all sharing this hobby, many of us don't get a chance to discuss with each other. I see Tritoch and GB on Live, we use like every medium, Angel on AIM, Philia on backloggery, and CHz in chat. It's still very nice to have something where we can all put it in one spot. <3

Being down 11% is a glass half-empty perspective. Why don't you consider it that you slowed your decline by over 50%. That's nothing to sneeze at. Also, do some deeper analysis of your data. Who were the participants in the prior years. How many repeat customers, and how many new ones? Also, in raw terms, you're looking at year over year decline of 8, 7, 6, and 2. That is significant too.

Radez, stop talking such sweet, sweet nothings. You're giving me a half chub.

It's actually 12, 7, 6, 2 as a pattern, and whilst it's true the loss is down (even as a percentage) it is still a continuation of the downwards trend when there was a very real cash-based incentive to try and drive numbers up.

More importantly the real issue is that due to such low overall numbers one or two votes can completely change the whole landscape of the results. I would need to crunch actual numbers, but I'm reasonably certain that due to the spread of votes there's no significance to the results - they don't mean anything.

Don't be disheartened by the lower turnout mate, it's still something worth doing. You only have to look at how the perceived industry A+ games are absent from here (CoD, Halo) to see that this is still a diverse community in terms of taste and this event gives people a chance to see what more obscure things other people dig, especially useful for someone like me who tends to buy games a year or more after they come out. It's not the results that matter, it's the posts with nominations in that are the important bit.

Even though I never post in these threads, I still enjoy them every year. As all of chat likes to make fun of me for, I don't buy anything for more than $5, so it's a great way for me to see what games people actually enjoyed all the way through and what fizzled after a few days of playtime. I've definitely gotten a few recommendations for games I've wound up buying and enjoying that I wouldn't have been exposed to otherwise.

Ah, I forgot about this thread! I was looking for good games from last year that I want to get, and it's great that I can get to play what GFF enjoyed playing. Because screw gaming sites, it's better if I get the info from the community I know.