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hil...@ichips.intel.com (Harlan Hilman) writes:

>justinb@pinkfloyd (Justin Beech) writes:

>>Yan Lee (y-t...@bu.edu) wrote:
>>: Sebastian Eggert (egg...@physics.ubc.ca) wrote:
>>: : Finally:  Doom is DEAD.

>>: : This weekend the TOP100 games chart, compiled by the readers
>>: : of the internet has declared the strategy game: 
>>:                                    ^^^^^^^^
>>: : UFO, Enemy Unknown
>>: : as the highest rated game above Doom.  That means that  the highly
>>: : celebrated "Doom" was the number one for only 28 weeks (compared to
>>: : Civilization which was number one for 44 weeks and is still number 3).

>>: Strategy game?????  Doom is more of a mayhem shoot 'em up.
>>: Doom has excellent graphics and excellent realism, but certainly it has 
>>: very little strategy.

>>I think he meant _UFO_ is a strategy game. Nobody thinks Doom is a strategy
>>game. The top-100 is top-100 of all games, and to displace Doom is a HUGE
>>effort. Mind you, maybe Doom players are too busy playing deathmatch and
>>tournaments to vote...

> I think the UFO players all banded together and decided to all vote. Let's
> try that strategy. Everybody here vote for DOOM!!!!! in the PC Top 100
> Games poll, and Doom will shoot up again! (yay!) Read
> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc and c.s.i.p.g.announce to find how to vote.
> With a concentrated effort, WE WILL TRIUMPH!
> (MUUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! (grin) :)

 I hate having to follow-up to my own messages, but:

 Good news everyone! I think maybe I had an effect of the voting system.
 The latest top 100 votes:



^ 1 (  2) Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S}                     Id AC [1386] 553
  2 (  1) U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com)  Mythos/MicroProse ST [1437] 491 
 
 Wow! Doom has reclaimed #1, and is, therefore, not dead! :) And by 62
 points, too! :)