[Attention] GFF Gamers Month ver. 2

Hey Guys, its that time of year again in which we can take a little bit of time out of our lives to speak of a certain game we all have a particular passion and dedication towards.

To the new and old members of GFF that were not a part of this event last year; basically the GFF Gamers Month is an event in which each member selects one game and gives their review on it. It can be anything from your personal experiences about the game, how you obtained the game, what you loved about the game, or even any funny stories that came as a result of playing it.

It should be a little easier to manage the Gamers Month this time around, because of the success of the original.

First of all, the GFF Gamers month will be in the Month of March as per discussions with Skills and Acerbandit instead of May. One of the problems we had with doing the GFF Gamers Month in May is that some members had exams during the time it was hard to find a date that corresponded with their school schedule.

I'm hoping that doing the GFF Gamers Month in March should avoid that problem.

Here are the rules:

1.) People sign-up

2.) Each member selects one date in the Month of March ( I don't think we'll have any problems getting the entire month filled up, but on the off chance that all the slots are not filled out, anyone can volunteer to do two games if they wish.)

3.) You send me a PM, of your primary choice of what game you would like to review and a secondary choice of a game, just in case your game may have been already taken.

4.) If two people end up picking the same game, The person that has sent their PM first will have priority over that said game; thus the reason why each person needs to send a secondary choice.

5.) Once the Month of March starts, a separate thread will be created that will just have each person's game review and nothing else. Pretty much the event will be a two thread approach. One thread will have each person's game review, and this existing thread will be used for any discussions about any of the games mentioned.

6.) When it comes time for your review on your specified day. There is really no set format or any rules pertaining to what game you may want to review. It can be a very popular game or a very obscure game; that is totally up to you. If your unsure of how to write your review you can check THIS THREAD out if you need any ideas:

But overall your game review should at least have these:

1.) Title of Game
2.) Picture of the Game (Box/Case Art)
3.) Publisher & Release Date
4.) Brief History
5.) Brief Review
6.) Some of your personal experiences with the game, such as favorite boss fights, wtf moments, or any other funny stories that have come with this game.
7.) Conclusion

7.) Above all else, Have fun

With doing this event for the second year, I do have a few concerns I would like to address.

I am of the sound mind that if it's not broke don't fix it. I thought the event last year went a lot better than I expected, but I do want to keep ideas open if there are any changes people would like to see to the event this year.

One concern I have is should members be allowed to review a game that was already reviewed during the first GFF Gamers Month.

For Example: Qwarky reviewed ICO last year, but lets just say if another member wanted to review that game this year as well. I know that if you get a bunch of people playing the same game obviously each person is going to have a different opinion or perception on the game that they're playing. I feel pretty positive out of the 30 games we reviewed last year people probably picked games that someone else eventually wanted to do a review on.

Personally, I would like it if everybody picked a completely different game this year. This is not set in stone, I want to see what the community as a whole has to say about this.

The other concern, I had is if there are any themes anybody would like to do for the Gamers Month this year. Skills had briefly mentioned that maybe we could do a Gamers Month for games between 2000-2009. I'm not necessarily against that, I would personally like to keep it open to all games. As I said before, I want to know what the community as a whole feels about this.

I'll set up the sign up sheet, and I think its better for guys to tell me which date work best for you instead of me giving you a date like last year:

March 1st/2010 - Angel Of Light (game confirmed) - finished
March 2nd/2010 - Skexis (game confirmed) - finished
March 3rd/2010 - Muzza (game confirmed) - finished
March 4th/2010 - Chaotic (game confirmed) - finished
March 5th/2010 - GB (game confirmed) - finished
March 6th/2010 - Krelian (game confirmed) - finished
March 7th/2010 - Qwarky (game confirmed) - finished
March 8th/2010 - Rychord (game confirmed) - finished
March 9th/2010 - Ah Amiga! (game confirmed) - finished
March 10th/2010 - Colonel Skills (game confirmed) - finished
March 11th/2010 - Tails (game confirmed) - finished
March 12th/2010 - Sousuke (game confirmed) - finished
March 13th/2010 - Tawnee Van Pelt (game confirmed) - finished
March 14th/2010 - Crash Landon (game confirmed) - finished
March 15th/2010 - Philia (game confirmed) - finished
March 16th/2010 - Worm (game confirmed) - finished
March 17th/2010 - Mo0 (game confirmed) - finished
March 18th/2010 - Encephalon (game confirmed) - finished
March 19th/2010 - NovaX (game confirmed) - finished
March 20th/2010 - Hawkeye (game confirmed) - finished
March 21st/2010 - Rockgamer (game confirmed) - finished
March 22nd/2010 - Tritoch (game confirmed) - finished
March 23rd/2010 - Dark Nation (game confirmed) - finished
March 24th/2010 - Acerbandit - ????????
March 25th/2010 - Iago (game confirmed)
March 26th/2010 - Omnislash 124 (game confirmed) - finished
March 27th/2010 - SuperSonic (game confirmed) - finished
March 28th/2010 - The Dopefish (game confirmed) - finished
March 29th/2010 - Dr. Uzuki (game confirmed) - finished
March 30th/2010 - wvlfpvp (game confirmed)
March 31st/2010 - Denicalis (game confirmed) - finished


(game confirmed): The member has their game selected and a pm has been received.
finished: Review has been written for that members said game.

This Is Very Important: You guys can go ahead and let me know which date you would like to do your game review. I would like it, if you could hold off sending your PM for your game choice until the start of February because I want to make absolutely sure that all issues have been addressed for this years GFF Gamers Month, but if you feel confident that nothing should change about this years GFF Gamers Month you can go ahead and send me your primary and secondary game choice

I'm open to all suggestions and ideas for this event. Always remember that an event is only as good as the time and effort that people put into it. I'll try to address any questions.

Take Care Guys.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Holy Shit Guys, not even 24 hours have passed and we only got 5 spots left. Anyway guys, get your spot while its still available.

Anyway, it looks like we won't be making any changes from last years GFF Gamers Month, so you guys can go ahead and send me your game choices. You've got plenty of time.

Anyway, thanks for all the support and judging from some of the games that are going to be reviewed this year. It looks like this Gamers Month will definitely be entertaining.

Originally Posted by GB

Shouldn't we wait a whole year?

Well GB, originally I was going to hold off the GFF Gamers Month until May to make it an official one year anniversary, but I had discussions with a couple of the mods and we decided that March would be a better month because that month was less likely to cause conflicts in people's schedules.

If this Gamers Month is as successful as the one last year, we'll probably hold it in March from now on.

Originally Posted by Dark Nation

I wouldn't mind doing this again, so I'll take... March 9th!

Hey DN, the 9th of March was already taken, is there another date you would like to take instead.

How ya doing, buddy?

Well guys there is only one more spot left, somebody better grab it. We got a few new people involved with the Gamers Month this year. I'll be heading out back to work tomorrow, but so far everyone's game choices are good to go.

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So guys, were a little less than a week left from the start of the Gamers Month ver. 2 and I still got to get a few game choices in. Obviously, I don't want to rush anybody, I just want to make sure all the game choices are good to go and we don't run into any problems.

These are the people that need to get their game choices in:

GB
Krelian (He is going to get his choice in, within the next couple of days, before the Gamer Month starts)
Qwarky
Sousuke
Mo0
Acerbandit (Had a talk with Acer, He needs to wait for one of his friends to come in before he can confirm his game choice. There shouldn't be any problems with his game choice.)
Encephalon
Hawkeye
Tritoch (He is getting his game choice in two days before his required day in March, but he assures his game choice won't conflict with anybody else's game choice)
Iago - Hito (Waiting to get confirmation on his second game choice since his first game choice was Final Fantasy XIII)
The Dopefish

So guys, I just want to say that there is no rush, just try to get your game choices in before the end of February and for the people that can't, I understand; let me know if anything else comes up.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Ok Guys, the thread is now up, if one of the mods could sticky THIS THREAD I would greatly appreciate it.

Just remember guys, only game reviews go in the GFF Gamers Month ver. 2: Games Unleashed thread. Any discussions concerning those games will stay in this thread.

There are still a few people I haven't got their game choice from and I must stress that I need to get them in as soon as possible. Those people are:

Krelian
Qwarky
Sousuke
Mo0
Hawkeye
The Dopefish
GB

I'll be sending a pm to these people, just to make sure nobody is picking the same game and they already have their review done.

With everybody else who has their game choice confirmed, I'll send a reminder pm on your scheduled day. Lets have fun with this event. Take Care Guys.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Hey Guys, I was just wondering, if there is anybody who would want to trade their day with Acer. His review is on March 19th/2010.

If there is anybody who has their review after March 23rd, would like to trade with Acerbandit it would be very much appreciated. Just let me know, and I'll make the appropriate changes.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Omnislash124

If nobody minds, can I take today to make up for my miss on the 26th?

Don't worry about Omni, your not the only one that missed their day. Put your review up when you find the necessary time to do so.

FELIPE NO

Sorry for the delay guys.

I've had a lot of stress at work lately, and I was really busy when I was home over Easter.

I just want to say thanks for everybody you did a great review for this years Gamers Month.

I think one of the best things for the Gamers Month this year, is most of the games that have been mentioned I never played before.

Encephalon's review of Bioshock, has me pretty convinced to pick up and play my first person shooter since the days of 16 bit action.

I absolutely look forward to getting my copy of Snatcher. Trust me, I know its an expensive game, but I'm only 15 games away from finishing my anime style domestic sega saturn collection. Sega CD will be the next system I will undertake.

Some of my favorite reviews from this year is definitely:

San Francisco Rush - Extreme Edition
Flower
Secret of Evermore
Sonic CD
Golvellius: Valley of Doom

All time favorite review for this year is Sousuke's review of Super Metroid.

That guy captured the very essence of what makes this game great. I remember playing it for the first time, at my cousin's and he has his video game set-up in a really large spacious room in the basement, but there was no light fixtures, the only thing that even remotely lit up the room was the glow of the tv. The atmosphere of that game and the music were suspenseful and frightening. Not knowing anything about the game, you didn't know when things were going to jump out at you, it was definitely one of the best snes gaming experiences I ever had.

I'm also a little concerned, we still haven't had a review from Hito and Wvlfpvp yet. I don't know if these guys are busy, but I don't want to hold it against them.

Acer is just being Acer, lol.

Anyway, thanks for another year of allowing me to do this event. I look forward to doing it again next year.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?