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Here is mine! 2023 will likely go down as one of the best years for video games, and my most played game is Fortnite 😅
 

Thank you.
I was aiming for 1k plats but that number has been and gone.

197 platinums is an incredible effort, congrats! 👏🏻👏🏻

My game of the year easily goes to Sea of Stars.  It was such a great experience that I can't recommend it enough.  And of course, my other 4 choices.  Lol
 
1: Sea of Stars
2: Cocoon
3: Hi-Fi Rush
4: Baldurs Gate 3
5: Metroid Prime Remastered

Haha thanks mate, done! 
 
Here is the link for the Game of the Year nominations topic: https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/10464-fg-game-of-the-year-2023-nominations/#comment-157384
 

Well then, I guess there’s no time like the present to get this started. Rather than starting a new topic, we may as well do it in this one!
 
Everyone, please respond in this topic with the 5 games you want to nominate for Game of the Year! The only rule is that the game must have originally released in the year 2023 (e.g. if the game released on another console in 2022, but came to your console in 2023, this would not be eligible).
 
I will ‘Stop the count’ on Christmas Day. I will then open a poll after the Christmas break (hopefully the 29th/30th) with all the nominated games. We have a maximum entry of 20 games, so the games with the least amount of nominations will have to miss out if we have more than 20 nominated! So be sure to nominate the our favourite games even if you’ve seen someone else nominate it! 
 
I will post more about the poll voting process when that time is nearer, but for now reply to this post with your 5 nominations (or less if you haven’t played 5 games worthy of nomination!!)
 
If you can share this with as many different members as possible to make this is varied as a true representation of the Forever Gaming community! 
 
I will start the process with my 5 nominations in no particular order:
 
- Lies of P
- Spider-Man 2
- Star Wars Jedi Survivor 
- Sea of Stars
- Starfield
 
(A lot of ‘stars’ this year …)

If you read the previous Game of the Year topic, you’ll know I’ve been planning this for a week or so! It’s time to start the process and determine the nominees! 
 
Everyone, please respond in this topic with the 5 games you want to nominate for Game of the Year! The only rule is that the game must have originally released in the year 2023 (e.g. if the game released on another console in 2022, but came to your console in 2023, this would not be eligible).
 
I will ‘Stop the count’ on Christmas Day. I will then open a poll after the Christmas break (hopefully the 29th/30th) with all the nominated games. We have a maximum entry of 20 games, so the games with the least amount of nominations will have to miss out if we have more than 20 nominated! So be sure to nominate the our favourite games even if you’ve seen someone else nominate it! 
 
I will post more about the poll voting process when that time is nearer, but for now reply to this post with your 5 nominations (or less if you haven’t played 5 games worthy of nomination!!)
 
If you can share this with as many different members as possible to make this is varied as a true representation of the Forever Gaming community! 
 
I will start the process with my 5 nominations in no particular order:
 
- Lies of P
- Spider-Man 2
- Star Wars Jedi Survivor 
- Sea of Stars
- Starfield
 
(A lot of ‘stars’ this year …)

197 platinums is an incredible effort, congrats! 👏🏻👏🏻

I would definitely be interested in joining @Lurchzy, however as a Dad of one (and soon to be Two) my available is sporadic at best! 
 
Happy to be a reserve?! 

Here is mine! 2023 will likely go down as one of the best years for video games, and my most played game is Fortnite 😅
 

Haha thanks mate, done! 
 
Here is the link for the Game of the Year nominations topic: https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/10464-fg-game-of-the-year-2023-nominations/#comment-157384
 

Here is mine! 2023 will likely go down as one of the best years for video games, and my most played game is Fortnite 😅
 

Keep checking the events section, you'll usually see nights go up for it that tell you where and when 👍

A reserve is exactly what we need! And as @Luseth said feel free to jump in the party whenever you're free! As  @GazzaGarratt said I'm trying to put up events as frequently as possible which should give you a small understanding of people coming online that night.

I would definitely be interested in joining @Lurchzy, however as a Dad of one (and soon to be Two) my available is sporadic at best! 
 
Happy to be a reserve?! 

Here is mine! 2023 will likely go down as one of the best years for video games, and my most played game is Fortnite 😅
 

Ok so one problem with the poll is that I can either limit it to one selection per person, or unlimited selections. The other thing is that it’s limited to 20 games.
 
Easy solutions: ask everyone to limit their picks to 5 and trust that everyone will stick to that. Also, if more than 20 games are nominated, then the games with the least nominations will have to miss out. 
 
Most votes wins! If there are multiple games with the same amount of votes then that will be fine, unless it is tied for top spot. My suggestion would then be that a final poll is created to decide the winner. If still a tie, then that will have to be the outcome! 
 
Does this sound good to everyone? It keeps it on the forum/site rather than an external survey website. 
 
What is the best way to reach as many members as possible to vote? Can we add something to the articles page, or is there a way to send a notification to everyone? 
 
Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions so far, hopefully this will be fun and a success! 

Thanks @Diddums that’s really helpful. 
 
I’ve had a quick play with it and the more I think about it, I’m not sure a poll is the best way to do this? 
 
I personally think it would work best if everyone submitted their top 5 or 10 games in a list, rather than everyone just picking one game. That way we can have a proper list and countdown of our top 5 or 10 games. 
 
Aware that not everyone would have played 10 or more games that released this year so thought maybe 5 would be better? Was going to use a scoring system like this: 
 
1st place: 5 points
2nd place: 4 points
3rd place: 3 points
4th place: 2 points
5th place: 1 point
 
With a poll I wouldn’t be able to determine the ranking of everyone’s picks. It’s still doable, just less fair in my opinion? If the preference is to keep it on this site rather than an external survey, I would be happy for everyone to message me their lists if that would work? 
 
Let me know your thoughts, really keen to get this to work well for everyone and seems to be something we all want to do! 

Great idea! Ok I will get this process started shortly, just want to do a trial poll to see what I can do with it! 

Ok so one problem with the poll is that I can either limit it to one selection per person, or unlimited selections. The other thing is that it’s limited to 20 games.
 
Easy solutions: ask everyone to limit their picks to 5 and trust that everyone will stick to that. Also, if more than 20 games are nominated, then the games with the least nominations will have to miss out. 
 
Most votes wins! If there are multiple games with the same amount of votes then that will be fine, unless it is tied for top spot. My suggestion would then be that a final poll is created to decide the winner. If still a tie, then that will have to be the outcome! 
 
Does this sound good to everyone? It keeps it on the forum/site rather than an external survey website. 
 
What is the best way to reach as many members as possible to vote? Can we add something to the articles page, or is there a way to send a notification to everyone? 
 
Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions so far, hopefully this will be fun and a success! 

Testing out the poll feature for game of the year.

Ok so one problem with the poll is that I can either limit it to one selection per person, or unlimited selections. The other thing is that it’s limited to 20 games.
 
Easy solutions: ask everyone to limit their picks to 5 and trust that everyone will stick to that. Also, if more than 20 games are nominated, then the games with the least nominations will have to miss out. 
 
Most votes wins! If there are multiple games with the same amount of votes then that will be fine, unless it is tied for top spot. My suggestion would then be that a final poll is created to decide the winner. If still a tie, then that will have to be the outcome! 
 
Does this sound good to everyone? It keeps it on the forum/site rather than an external survey website. 
 
What is the best way to reach as many members as possible to vote? Can we add something to the articles page, or is there a way to send a notification to everyone? 
 
Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions so far, hopefully this will be fun and a success! 

Great idea! Ok I will get this process started shortly, just want to do a trial poll to see what I can do with it! 

Thanks @Diddums that’s really helpful. 
 
I’ve had a quick play with it and the more I think about it, I’m not sure a poll is the best way to do this? 
 
I personally think it would work best if everyone submitted their top 5 or 10 games in a list, rather than everyone just picking one game. That way we can have a proper list and countdown of our top 5 or 10 games. 
 
Aware that not everyone would have played 10 or more games that released this year so thought maybe 5 would be better? Was going to use a scoring system like this: 
 
1st place: 5 points
2nd place: 4 points
3rd place: 3 points
4th place: 2 points
5th place: 1 point
 
With a poll I wouldn’t be able to determine the ranking of everyone’s picks. It’s still doable, just less fair in my opinion? If the preference is to keep it on this site rather than an external survey, I would be happy for everyone to message me their lists if that would work? 
 
Let me know your thoughts, really keen to get this to work well for everyone and seems to be something we all want to do! 

Great point, sorry still quite new here and haven’t used all the features! 
 
Had a quick look at the polls page and couldn’t see how to set one up, might be missing it or don’t know if I need to be given permission? Is there a way to make the results private so only I can see? Think it would make it much more interesting if no one had any idea what game won until it’s announced?!