New Poll - Favourite Gaming Platform

Post by trog @ 03:04pm 15/08/08 | 61 Comments

We've got a new poll system up on the AusGamers home page at the moment just getting some quick feedback about what everyone's favourite gaming platform is, focusing on the 4 majors at the moment. If you have a few spare microseconds please bounce over and hit it up - you'll find it in the right-hand side column just to the right of the top news item!

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FraktuRe
Posted 03:06pm 15/8/08

There's no PC option..

Edit: Ahh you fixed it, also PC wins with 100% :P

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trog
Posted 03:08pm 15/8/08

Yeh soz, there was an older poll that was running for a few days which was a simpler test, now I've added all the options we want to cover just for now.

(also go PC)

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parabol
Posted 03:10pm 15/8/08

"Sorry, you can only vote in this poll once."

Say what.

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FraktuRe
Posted 03:10pm 15/8/08

IS the poll supposed to disappear once you've voted? Seems kind of strange because it would be better to see the results...

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Midda
Posted 03:17pm 15/8/08

No option for "whichever has good games at the time".

I don't care what platform my games are on, as long as they're good.

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ctd
Posted 03:22pm 15/8/08

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trog
Posted 03:22pm 15/8/08

IS the poll supposed to disappear once you've voted? Seems kind of strange because it would be better to see the results...

When you vote, it shows the results (or should), then on subsequent page loads it is gone (this is by design)

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exo
Posted 03:24pm 15/8/08

"Sorry, you can only vote in this poll once."

Say what.

Same again.

EDIT: Wasn't logged into ausgamers.com, only the forums. Logging in fixed it, and it behaved as trog said above

last edited by exo at 15:24:51 15/Aug/08

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Fireblood
Posted 03:24pm 15/8/08

"Sorry, you can only vote in this poll once."

Say what.

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trog
Posted 03:29pm 15/8/08

hmm, try logging in to ausgamers.com and see if that fixes it - that sounds like a new bug

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exo
Posted 03:30pm 15/8/08

Yeah, that worked perfectly for me trog.

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trog
Posted 03:30pm 15/8/08

Actually - if you ARE getting that "canonly vote once" message can you let me know before doing anything so we can figure out why - just PM me and I'll check it out!

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protit
Posted 03:46pm 15/8/08

yeah i was logged into ausgamers and it worked fine.

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FraktuRe
Posted 03:54pm 15/8/08

But how can we keep track of the voting if we can't see it?

I was first to vote. I have no idea if the other idiots voted PC or not!

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demon
Posted 03:58pm 15/8/08

heh, at first i saw the poll n voted nps but never saw the results. checked again just now & can't see the poll, logged into ausgamers with my usual nick/pword & it says i gotta update my email address (was my old dem0n.qgl.org addy) coz it's old or something. change the email addy to the one i am using at work & it says i can't use that addy coz another account uses it & provides some bulls*** about using some other page to reset my password @(!#*$!*$!

anyways... sifn't pc :D

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boba
Posted 03:59pm 15/8/08

omg iphone isn't on that list

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Phooks
Posted 04:06pm 15/8/08

# PlayStation 3 - 0%
# Nintendo Wii - 0%

Hah.

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Spook
Posted 04:33pm 15/8/08

voted pc:
would vote wii next time

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trog
Posted 04:36pm 15/8/08

But how can we keep track of the voting if we can't see it?

I couldn't figure out how to display the poll neatly in the RHS module yet, short of stuffing it down the bottom and was trying to avoid that. Current poll results will always be at http://www.ausgamers.com/poll .

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Spook
Posted 04:42pm 15/8/08

:(
the results look borken

there was no pc:

What is your favourite gaming console?
PS3 - 40%
Xbox 360 - 37%
Wii - 23%

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mongie
Posted 04:51pm 15/8/08

We need to know how many votes there have been...

Also, I voted ok, and the results looked ok, but now that I've gone back to the site, I can't see the poll anymore.

PS: You might consider re-doing the favicon.gif to match the new design.

last edited by mongie at 16:51:07 15/Aug/08

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Plasma
Posted 05:48pm 15/8/08

One gripe is that the 'Discuss this poll' link is gone after voting. So I went to reload the page to click on it (thinking I may see it) and the poll disappeared :)

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sif greazy
Posted 06:07pm 15/8/08

haha PC as a gaming platform you guys are hilarious.

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d0mino
Posted 06:19pm 15/8/08

lols get a three sexty. pm me word up.

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Haklin
Posted 06:36pm 15/8/08

Ausgamers is PC :) (no matter what console news gets posted:P) Crush goood!!

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Mr Hardware
Posted 06:38pm 15/8/08

a game ain't a game without a keyboard

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Term
Posted 12:08pm 16/8/08

theres a reason they never have a console and pc able to connect to the same servers for their online games and it isnt because they cant write the protocol to work with both... Keyboard is king and consoles are for f***

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Jim
Posted 01:03pm 16/8/08

no u r

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Dan
Posted 06:27pm 16/8/08

theres a reason they never have a console and pc able to connect to the same servers for their online games

There's actually several that do.

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Fireblood
Posted 06:47pm 16/8/08

heh, at first i saw the poll n voted nps but never saw the results. checked again just now & can't see the poll, logged into ausgamers with my usual nick/pword & it says i gotta update my email address (was my old dem0n.qgl.org addy) coz it's old or something. change the email addy to the one i am using at work & it says i can't use that addy coz another account uses it & provides some bulls*** about using some other page to reset my password @(!#*$!*$!

anyways... sifn't pc :D

Yeah I have had a similar error for years.
My username has a banned word in it, and someone already has already taken fireblood? (WTF?! - Probably me, but still won't let me access)
So eh for ausgamers, i don't really use it anyway.

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Haklin
Posted 09:53pm 17/8/08

Doh the poll isn't appearing on the site at the moment (have already voted)

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sif greazy
Posted 10:04pm 17/8/08

There's actually several that do.

MMO's don't count.

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Finny
Posted 07:17am 20/8/08

Of course PC is going to come out on top, i seriously doubt console gamers would know this site even existed :P

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Craigus
Posted 08:59pm 05/9/09

PC wins again! Take that console noobs who know nothing about computers or their own consoles!

And so much for 'better gaming' because games are better on PC, and look better, unless you have a old cruddy one like those console noobs.

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greazy
Posted 09:07pm 05/9/09

PC fanboi much?

Should add another option, PC + a console.

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MatchFixa
Posted 10:28pm 05/9/09

uh what, someone rigged the polls! ya mum is best gaming platform and it's not on the list!

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Lynx
Posted 10:32pm 05/9/09

YET AGAIN!
I have been duped by the thread miners...

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whoop
Posted 10:40pm 05/9/09

For me it depends on the game. I prefer FPS & red alert style (what is that? RTS?) games on a PC but car racing or mortal combat type stuff would probably prefer to play on a console since I cbf spending megabux on some arcade stick for my PC and a steering wheel can be awkward to attach just for a quick bash where as an analog stick on a console is always plugged in and ready to be wiggled and waggled until the cows come home from shopping.

edit: f*****g old thread what? Make an auto lock after 6 months @%#^#$%WY(*@$&UTQ(#$& VT(%

last edited by whoop at 22:40:52 05/Sep/09

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greazy
Posted 11:08pm 05/9/09

sif pose as me

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koopz
Posted 11:33pm 05/9/09

PC wins again! Take that console noobs who know nothing about computers or their own consoles!

you idiot

todays console is tomorrows emu

/guessing you're just another marketing f**

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Khel
Posted 12:18am 06/9/09

Would be interesting to reset the poll and see how it turns out now that Ausgamers has a wider, more diverse audience a year onwards.

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trog
Posted 01:00am 06/9/09

I keep forgetting that poll is there, but yes, that's a good idea khel!

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ctd
Posted 10:23am 06/9/09

You cant see the poll if you are logged into the ausgamers. Also unrelated that god damn AMP qgl ad lags the s*** out of my firefox when it is doing that time warp thing or whatever.

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Hogfather
Posted 10:58am 06/9/09

Also unrelated that god damn AMP qgl ad lags the s*** out of my firefox when it is doing that time warp thing or whatever.

Yeh same in IE, I think its a flash problem, the guy who made the animation needs a kick in the teeth. I'm considering doing something about it if it doesn't go away soon.

I like to support the Ausgamers but that thing is ridiculous.

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greazy
Posted 01:44pm 06/9/09

At uni it completely stalls the comp until the <<>> stuff disappears.

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Martz
Posted 01:52pm 06/9/09

I'd also like to know the number of votes each platform is getting, not just a %

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FaceMan
Posted 03:05pm 06/9/09

Consoles are for kids

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konstie
Posted 03:38pm 06/9/09

nintendo 64 ftw !

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3x0dus
Posted 03:52pm 06/9/09

N64 Goldeneye/007 was win back in the day.

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infi
Posted 04:38pm 06/9/09

Atari or GTFO

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lewd
Posted 06:08pm 06/9/09

go the lynx for rygar handheld back in the day !!!!!

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oddjob
Posted 03:31pm 12/9/09

PC IS KING...why do they even have a console section here?

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greazy
Posted 02:33am 13/9/09

N64 Goldeneye/007 was win back in the day.

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Trauma
Posted 03:20am 08/10/09

I don't see the poll at all, I'm running upto date Firefox on Win7 RC, I can see the results of the pole by going to News > Poll, but can't vote.

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SidewindeR14K
Posted 10:24pm 13/12/09

ahah 360 bets ps3

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tequila
Posted 10:37pm 13/12/09

way to revive an old thread dips***

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skythra
Posted 10:46pm 13/12/09

I think www.qgl.org has the better poll. Its representative even to this day what the best games are.

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GhostFaceScotty
Posted 09:35am 12/3/10

I think that xbox 360 is the best platform, because i just generally dont like the ps3 controllers there too small and only a child can really play with them. With Pc they would be my second preference only because that you need to have a real high end computer to play any games with good FPS etc. and consoles do this easy.

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natslovR
Posted 12:00pm 25/4/10

I think it's time for a new poll, hey?

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Pinky
Posted 12:02pm 25/4/10

I think it's time for a new poll, hey?

According to the thread title this is a new poll. Yeah, it's from 2008, but in the scheme of the creation of the universe that is very very recent.

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Trauma
Posted 02:21pm 25/4/10

Wait this is an old poll.

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