Sky Sanctuary Poll

Welcome to the Sky Sanctuary Poll. Scroll on down to the bottom, and there will be two questions. One regarding Sonic, the other regarding videogames in general. Answer whichever one you want, or you can answer 'em both. Remember that this isn't a quiz or anything...it's a poll, so feel free to explain your opinions.

The Sky Sanctuary Poll is updated every Saturday, which means that two new questions will be posted and the results to the previous weeks poll will be displayed. I guess that covers it, so dig in!

Last time...


Here are the results to last week's Sonic poll, "Who is your least favorite Sonic character?":

Tails.... (talking about the REAL videogame Sonic universe right?) Sonic is too cool for this clumsly little dweeb to be hangin all over him, he's fast enough he should ditch the little twirp. He's a Hedgehog not a baby sitter.

All of them are my least favorite! But then again, all of them are my MOST favorite, too! I love 'em all eaqually, and making me decide between them is like . . . it's like . . . well, it's like something really really bad and stupid on your part, so there! --Jim Doe [admin note: What's wrong with really stupid?]

King Acorn...are you surprised? I'm still moving to the Floating Island. [admin note: I agree. I'm moving to the Little Planet. That way I'll only be near Mobius one month of the year, and I'll be able to marry Amy when she gets old enough! What? Just exactly what's wrong with Amy?]

DULCY! THE MOST VILE, EVIL LITTLE BEAST KNOWN TO MAN!!! Tails flies. Dulcy flies. I smell dive-bombing action to the tenth degree. "Come get some." [admin note: I heard that once she got a cold, and she froze one half of Knothole Village solid while burning the other half to a crisp...]

If brains had hair, ANTOINE would be a cueball. --BBayles~

least faviorite?uhh....Needle-nose [admin note: GASP! You...you DARE talk to the Great Lord Snively in such a manner? Now he will blow the dreaded nose of doom on all of us! Flee! Flee!]

Mammoth Mogul! Yeah yeah he sucks! [admin note: God help us should he ever catch a cold...]

Princess Sally. She needs to get a life and recognize Sonic for who he is!

My least favorite Sonic character is Dr. Robotnik, of course. --Ecco The Dolphin [admin note: Hey! Don't dis the Eggman!]

5-way tie: St. John, King Acorn, Ovi Kintobor, Karl Bollers, and Sam Maxwell. --D-H Sonic F [admin note: Gosh, I hope Karl Bollers and Sam Maxwell don't choose this week to come strollin' into my site...]

Amy Rose. Nobody can get her right. Archie rarely features her, and when they do she's just a snivelling little brat. SoA called her "Princess Sally". And Fleetway think she's the same age as Sonic. Sigh. She just wrecks everything. :) -Nimrat Rabid [admin note: GASP! Youu, uh...do know that you're speaking to the leader of the Army of Insane Amy Fans, don't you? I mean, didn't it seem odd to you that I shaved my head and am wearing a skirt? Just be glad that I happen to agree no one's done her justice so far, otherwise you'd be eatin' the hard side of a squeaky hammer, bub!]

I would have to say my least favorite character is Rotor because he seems to be a very dull chartacer --Scorch Hedgehog

SALLY, THE STUPID [insert bad word].

Julie-su. I DON'T CARE of she belongs to the KNUCKLES comic, she's BEEN in Sonic so I can say her. So There! [admin note: Well, you gotta admit one thing...she's a better match for Knuckles than Sally is for Sonic...]


Now, here are the smart-@$$ comments:

The one that uses the DemocracyPad 2000.... [admin note: NONE of them use that one, okay? They all use the Saturn analog pad and/or the Dweezle 9000...]

Which ever one is the tree huggin, baby killin, money leechin', freedom takin', liberal socialist...in other words... the one that's a democrat... [admin note: There are none! OKAY?! I thought I cleared this stinky situation up! ALL VIDEOGAME CHARACTERS ARE CONSERVATIVE! From Sonic to Mario to NiGHTS to Megaman, and even Crash Bandicoot and Lara Croft, OKAY?! To quote the immortal words of Desi Arnaz: "Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye..."]

Argh! Whadda ya mean I have to vote AGAIN? I won't! I simply wo- oh, alright, I will. But only because I'm really soft at heart! [admin note: Sorry...but alas, 'twas a tragedy beyond my control! Oh, the humanity! THE HUMANITY!!! *GG! accepts his Oscar award*]

Down with decaf! Down with decaf! Ah...So relaxing to have a cup of Latte. W-w-what'd you say? --Blue Hog! [admin note: What'd I say? Here, have a Drano cookie...]

Atthay isyay easyyay, Antoineyay! Andyay Ulcyday! Onicsay isyay otallytay awesomeyay~ UjiYay akaNay! yebay Eccoyay, itchsway otay ecafday. OnikkuSAy! Obay AylesBay! [dminaay otenay: at'sthay the ostmay essedmay up igpay atinlay I've ever eensay!]

Sonikku! Tailsu! Kuckrusa! Dr. Eggumahn! (Hey, I didn't say that watching the Anime too much was a bad thing . . . just that I did watch it too much!) =]

SQEEZY CHEEZE!!! I hate sqeezy cheeze! It taste like orange glue!! Oh no! Its coming to get me!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! [admin note: Well, you've got the right concept, but it's not the Squeezy Cheese you should be worrying about. It's the PAM! Yes, I happen to know that PAM cooking spray is actually the key to an underground spy network, run by Pam Hollister! (Let's see if anyone will catch that reference...heh, heh...)]

I GOT IT!!!!! I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!! ALL THE GOOD GUYS IN VIDEO GAMES ARE REPUBLICANS!!!!!! ALL THE BAD GUYS ARE DEMOCRATS!!!!!!! AND ALL THE NEUTRAL CHARACTERS ARE INDEPENDENTS!!!!!! That should calm Gibbon! down. I hope. :) --~JM Stalker [admin note: Robotnik a Democrat?! Nack an Independent?! NOOOO! They're ALL Republicans! ALL OF THEM!!! OOOOKKKKKAAAAYYYYY!!!! AAAAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!]

Bob Dole [admin note: Whoah, you know the Bob Dole code where you can play as Bob Dole! Man, I've spent HOURS trying to figure that code out! What is it? C'mon, share it with the rest of the world!]

Chinese food! It sucks. [admin note: Excuse me. *GG! walks over to the nearest phone.* Hello, is this "Wok it to Me"? I'd like to place a takeout order. What's today's special? Great, I'll have the chicken teriyaki, the those weird spaghetti-noodly things, fried rice, three wontons, two eggrols, a cup of eggdrop soup, and about a dozen fortune cookies. Deliver it to whoever wrote that last message, please. Thank you.]

I hate Charmy Bee, 'cause he's nothin' but a stinkin' liberal. DIE DEMOCRATS! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [admin note: Why me? Why me, Lord?!]

GG! ARGH! UPDATE YOUR DANG POLL! Or, jeez, at least tell us WHY you AREN'T updating it! Some of us out here are as crazy as hell, and we'll kill your immortal arse just to prove it! Ki-ya! (Um, you know I'm just joking about killing you, right? RIGHT? ARGH!) --To Much Coffee Man [admin note: Hey, it's updated...and I certainly hope you were joking about killing me, seeing as I'm immortal... Maybe you and Blue Hog could go down to the cafe and share a cup of DECAFFEINATED coffee.]

The one who eats Drano cookies. [admin note: None of 'em do. It's my own recipe. No mortals can handle it.]

What is your name? / Delphine / and what is your quest? / to send this smart-@$$ comment to Green Gibbon! / and what is your favorite color? / Blu--, no wait, gree-- AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! [admin note: Del, has Blue Hog been sharing his black coffee with you?]

The leaves blowing on the ground. Stupid things, they mess up the horses! [admin note: *GG! adds new locks to all the doors*]

The flying moo-cows in the backround. Don't tell me you've never seen them before! [admin note: Why, of course I have! It's about time those moo-cows get some recognition. I think they deserve their own game, myself.]

THE E-VILE BUNKEY! HOW DARE YOU TAKE CONTROL OF THE POLL!! YOU E-VILE THING, YOU!!!! [admin note: Bunkey?]

The green one that looks like a seasick Tails. [admin note: You like me! You really like me! Want a Drano cookie?]

I love to eat my red meat.... [admin note: As long as the meat ain't green, that's jake with me...]


Here are the results for last week's videogame poll, "Are there still enough original concepts in fighting games, or has the well run dry?":
No, beat-em-ups are beat: 6 votes
Fighters can never die!: 2

Ha! Don't make me laugh.... [admin note: I'm dressed as Amy with a little Sailor Moon skirt. I'm wearing boxer shorts on my head. I look like a green version of Tails. And I'm not already making you laugh? What kind of sicko ARE you?! (Or, uh...what kind of sicko am *I*?)

Heh, heh, the question of the hour finds it way to the polls eh? Let me put in my ever knowledable 2 cents worth. First off I think fighters have the ability to be a viable genre the orginality is just not being used like it should. In RPG's, platformers, or other genres the rules aren't as strictly defined and thus the developers are much more free to do as they choose in ways of creativity and ingenuity. Fighters have become very different, it seems as if there are standards that all of them feel they have to follow. 2 out of 3 rounds, 1 on 1 fighting, different "combo" systems and "special moves" as the game progresses till gradually the last boss. Currently all fighters basically play very much the same despite differnt button presses required to activate combos or special moves and any differences between them are strictly cometic but they do have the ability to make them creative and orginal but it's going to take more than cramming 2 million more polygons a sec. down our throats if they insist of keeping my attention.

Nah, they haven't run dry yet. Give 'em about another year, then they'll probably be dried up nothin's. --Jim Doe

I'd have to answer a resounding NO!!!!!! I hate fighting games already, but c'mon, all it really is is a bunch of scantly clad people whipping other scantly clad people's all-too-visible butts. I'm sure some teens would like this (Gibbon.......) but I find it a bit stupid. Anyway, Mortal Kombat hasn't changed a bit, and the plots are getting more and more predictable. The games are aimed at us stupid Americans, but screw those games. I'M GOING TO GO PLAY FINAL FANTASY 5!!!!!!!! So there. : P --~JM Stalker admin note: Why, you...you...genreist! Not all fighting games are Mortal Kombat! That's like calling all RPG's Beyond the Beyond, or something else really crappy! Games like Virtua Fighter and Tekken happen to be very beautiful and artistic. (Especially Shun-di! Shun-di RULES!) Hey, what's wrong with all-too-visible butts? Some of 'em (like Honey's) are really worth seeing! (One of these days I might get a life, but not until this starts getting boring...heh, heh...)]

Hmm. Dry as a bone, mate. From Virtua Fighter 2 onwards, the fighting games have just been getting worse and worse. I kept playing VF2 to try and get to like it, but every time I just got more and more frustrated with its repetetive gameplay. Sega say "Long Lastability Due to Millions of Moves", but hey, do you sit down and fiddle around with different key combinations for hours, and then when you pull of something new you're overjoyed and run around singing while tossing confetti everywhere? You do? Oh, nevermind then. :) -Nimrat Rabid [admin note: Oh, anotheer one of you, eh? Virtua Fighter is such a deep and style-based game, I don't see how ANYONE could miss what all the fuss is about. I'm going to talk to my pals on the Virtua Fighter Home message board...all of you just can't understand...*sniff*]

They've milked the fighting cow dry... [admin note: Ever see those "Got Milk?" commercials?...]

WEll, yes and no. For games like Fighters MegamIX, well no. If they made a Sonic Fighting game for the USA, that would eb different. [admin note: Sonic the Fighters was released at select arcades in the US as "Sonic Championship." Unfortunately, a Saturn version was never made, and although its still on Sega of Japan's "to-do" list, it's likely too late. But hey...what's wrong with Fighters Megamix?]

There wasn't even a well to begin with!

*rolls on the floor, laughing* Oh, that's a good one. Wait, you're serious, aren't you? OH MY GOSH! *breaks into fits of laughter* [admin note: Me? Serious? How dare you suggest such a thing!]

The well was never running in the first place. It stays were it is! (double meaning there) [admin note: Well, it seems that I am, yet again, stuck in a minority. Okay, EG...you win. C'mon, my fellow fighting fans! Let us go play Fighters Megamix, and leave these elitist RPG freaks to themselves!]


This is what bored hardcore gamers do with their time:

I got this great new idea for a fighting game! Democrat Fighter 2000! See, you get to choose among a super roster of Republicans (or Independant Third Parties, but who would want to?), and then wail on some liberal butt! Now THAT'S what I call superior political street fighting! [admin note: Say, now THAT'S my type of fighting game! Sure it'll lack the gratuitous babes, but when you're beatin' up on Democrats and not getting arrested for it, who cares!]

Okay, everybody, I'm going to try and send you all a smart-arse remark telepathically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (you like cheese) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So, did it work? [admin note: I don't know about anyone else, but it couldn't have worked on me because I don't have a mind to begin with.]

Naaaah, people fight for all sorts of things. The problem is no new blood in the industry. [admin note: Ookaaay...]

Hmm. Well you could make all of the Street Fighters crossdress and have a Forbidden Dance Competition with Mortal Kombat while running for U.S. Senator. Hey! My heads spinning from this latte! Gimme a chance. [admin note: BH? I thought I told you drink some milk!]

I don't know about that. But I do know one thing. Soylent Green is made out of PEOPLE! PEOPLE!!! [admin note: ...huh?]

Wait! If you're a republican, that means you wanted Bob Dole to win! *EG slaps himself* Help! Not a dinosaur runing our country! When will it all end?! [admin note: ...if I read over that another couple hundred times, I might figure out what it's supposed to mean...]

Desert describes this well. *whoosh* Sonic Team*ding* [admin note: Well, that does it! You've all had enough. Go home, take cold showers, and pour yourselves BIG cups of black coffee. (Man, I guess I can have that effect on anyone...)]

PEANUT! [admin note: Yeah, that Charlie Brown kid cracks me up!]

The well ran dry?!? You scored too many Tetrises! --D-H Sonic F [admin note: Are you still here? Didn't I tell you to go home and take a cold shower?]

[admin note: Imposter!] [admin note: Hah, hah! You can't imposterize me! You will always be in italics, and I will always be in bold no matter what you do! The power! The absolute POWER! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!]

Why, with my ultimate controller, the Dweezle 9000, ANY fighting game will seem new, cool, and totally original! Not only that, but it will colored all in a mellow lime green, sprinkled here and there with mint blue polka dots. Plus, the Dweezle will play a number of Philip Sousa's most famous marches during the game! What more could you ask for?!? [admin note: Does it come with Drano cookies? 'Cause if it does, I'm rushin' out right now to buy one!]

The well has run dry? Then call the weller, silly! DUH! [admin note: I did, but he charges an extra fee for housecalls.]

Watch out! The Wonder Llama is watching you.... [admin note: He is?.......He doesn't spit, does he?]

abcdefg, hijklmnop, qrs, tuv, wx, y and z. Now I know my ABC's, next time won't you sing with me! [admin note: Oh, is THAT how it works! I was never quite able to get the hang of it...]

Sonic R has many secret characters (five is the rumored number). Outside of the default racers (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Robotnik), which character would you most like to be playable?

Okay, I know SaturnWorld's already asked this question, but I'd like to see what all of my insane readers think! Shining Force III or Grandia...if you could only have one, which would it be?

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